Archive for January, 2009

Posted by pablo100 On January - 25 - 2009 2 Comments

When a band is called something such as this, it invites too many puns based on their name. I think to do this to a band of this calibre would be doing them a complete disservice. Planes’ have been together in this format for about a year now, previously going by the name of Gratiz 3 and raising quite a decent following on the Manx music scene. But now with the new name and new  [ Read More ]

Posted by ManxVoice On January - 15 - 2009 0 Comment

Picture the scene. You’re lying on your back staring up at the stars with your partner lying next to you, champagne at your hand and soft music in the background. You take a deep breath, rise to your feet and walk your partner slowly back to the stretch limousine waiting for you down the road. It’s your wedding anniversary and you wanted to surprise your loved one with a moonlight picnic in a secluded corner  [ Read More ]

Posted by Editor On January - 8 - 2009 0 Comment

The New Year often signifies new beginnings for us. It is an opportunity to rethink our lives and promise ourselves to fix what we think needs to be improved upon. Hence New Years Resolutions. I think a resolution is always a good thing. It need not be done just at new year but at any time of year. A resolution is exactly what it implies – resolve to maintain something. In today’s day and age  [ Read More ]

Posted by Leo On January - 1 - 2009 0 Comment

The introduction of arbitration act 1996 was the start of many reforms to the legal systems to increase access to justice. What was fundamentally laid out in the act was that there were many paths that one could pursue to resolve a dispute. With lawyers fees on average in the area of 200 pounds per an hour getting legal advice, never mind actually pursuing it in the courts, was well beyond most people’s means. In  [ Read More ]