COURTS NEWS//CAMBERWELL`S VIRTUALLY NOT SO WELL

by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 22. Nov. 2010. – 15:16:37

Virtual Courts are controversial. The principle of having courts in police stations however the arguments are tended is not one that has met universal acclaim. The practice, as argued by proponents, would convince doubters . It has not. It seems the optimistic gloss has become tarnished. The “court” in Camberwell South London is in chaos according to a report in the Law Society Gazette. This observer considers that irrespective of practice the idea of courts ensconced in police stations does not sit well with judicial independence. I therefore look forward to the official announcement that this pilot scheme will not be a basis for future plans.

LORD PHILLIPS OFFERS SUPPORT TO MAGISTRATES

 

by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 22. Nov. 2010. – 14:21:54

A former Chief Justice of England is a good person to have on one`s side when the opponent is The Secretary of State for Justice. The freedom of the red benches is as good as a dose of sodium pentothal the truth drug not that former LCJs need stimulants to be truthful but the effect of the drug is apparently to reduce inhibitions about talking on a subject even a top secret subject. Good Lord Phillips has mooted that J.P.s be able to sentence for up to twelve months custody. Interesting times are ahead when K.Clarke publishes his proposals for our courts.

NO MORE RUNNERS AT BOW STREET

 

by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 22. Nov. 2010. – 08:48:03

Its square was orange in colour and it could be bought for £180. When I played Monopoly as a child the set of Bow Street, Vine Street and Marlborough Street was my favourite. Why…..I don`t know except I was very rarely beaten when the game ended. Perhaps because that set was neither upmarket Mayfair nor down at heel Old Kent Road it had an appeal as being in the middle of the market. I must remember to tell my analyst that, if ever I feel the need to unburden myself to a total stranger for £squids/hour.

Bow Street Magistrates` Court must be the most well known court name after the Old Bailey. It began dishing out justice to the villains or should that be villeins of London in 1740 and closed its doors in 2006. The enterprising individual who bought it then for c €25 million is reported to have sold it for £28 million in hard cash to an Austrian hotelier. It`s likely its new customers will have more comfortable bed and breakfast than the previous occupants of the building.