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DRINKING BANNING ORDERS

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  16. Apr. 2010. – 14:32:28 In the last thirteen years we have had introduced over three thousand new laws, Police Community Support Offic...

DON`T DRINK IN MY HIGH STREET; TRY THE ONE NEXT DOOR

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  15. Apr. 2010. – 15:45:50 If a driving instructor told you that for safety`s sake you should drive with the handbrake on you would correct...

RELIGION AND THE LAW

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  15. Apr. 2010. – 11:09:45 On April 11th I wrote on the topic "THROWING SHOES IN PUBLIC IS NOT JUST A "SYMBOLIC" POLITICAL...

OLDHAM GETS MORE NON POLICE POLICE TO ADD TO THOSE ALREADY ON THE STREETS

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  13. Apr. 2010. – 18:03:18 Greater Manchester Police have been the subject of a few posts on this blog 26th February included. I`ve also ...

THROWING SHOES IN PUBLIC IS NOT JUST A "SYMBOLIC" POLITICAL GESTURE;IT IS AN ACT OF VIOLENCE

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  11. Apr. 2010. – 17:01:38 Did we think that there was one law for the rich and one for the poor? Wasn`t it a great day when the law was ...

DO ALL LAWYERS STILL PUT THEIR CLIENTS` INTERESTS FIRST?

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 11. Apr. 2010. – 12:56:09  On November 21st 2009 I discussed either way offences. This category of offences is triable in either a Magistra...

NO CASH FOR COURTS BUT MONEY FOR NEW CARPETS

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  11. Apr. 2010. – 12:03:37 Magistrates` Courts both physically and conceptually have been and are struggling on limited budgets. Apparent...

TV LICENSE AND THE CRIMINAL LAW

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  09. Apr. 2010. – 11:46:37 Most prosecutions in UK are carried out by authorised government controlled authorities such as the Crown Pros...

SAD TALE OF MAGISTRATE WHO THREW HER WEIGHT AROUND

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  08. Apr. 2010. – 11:40:54 One of the major issues at this election is the integrity of our MPs. However they constitute just one group i...

FOOTBALL BANNING ORDER; AN OWN GOAL?

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 08. Apr. 2010. – 11:03:36  Magistrates and courts are often the subject of criticism from those who consider that "the courts aren`t t...

SECT V PUBLIC ORDER ACT & CATCH 22

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  06. Apr. 2010. – 17:24:19 On March 6th I commented on ramifications under Sect V of the Public Order Act causing harassment, alarm or dist...

THE LETTER OF THE LAW OR ITS SPIRIT?

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  05. Apr. 2010. – 11:10:44 Since the G20 riots a year ago and the subsequent acquittal of Sergeant Smellie [usually pronounced "smil...

THIS IS WHAT WE`VE COME TO: DO A "BASIL FAWLTY" GOOSE STEP AND YOU COULD BE IN COURT

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 04. Apr. 2010. – 12:57:57  Like millions of others I can enjoy watching John Cleese in Basil Fawlty persona almost as much as his silly wal...

NO JURY BUT THREE TRIAL JUDGES

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  03. Apr. 2010. – 12:43:21 Recent legislation allowed for a single judge to sit without jury on certain trials under certain circumstance...

THE BIZARRE GUIDELINES OF THE INDEPENDENT POLICE COMPLAINTS COMMISSION

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  02. Apr. 2010. – 18:19:45 The Police are always open to criticism not necessarily because their speech or actions or any contact with th...

MAGISTRATES` TRAINING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

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 02. Apr. 2010. – 16:43:45  I`ve written here on a few occasions about "Domestic Violence" and the fact that there is no such offe...

THE GREEN POLICE OF HERTFORDSHIRE

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  01. Apr. 2010. – 23:04:08 Are we as our particular group whatever that might be in favour of a pledge to be gentle with babies? Yes of c...

MAGISTRATES CAN BE TRUSTED SAYS MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

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  01. Apr. 2010. – 15:38:35        It seems that the government has concluded that Justices of the Peace are not a danger to society. Tod...

IS HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION BECOMING ENDEMIC IN U.K?

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  01. Apr. 2010. – 15:24:35        Although it`s nearly a year since the scandal of MPs` fiddles broke in the Daily Telegraph it seems li...

THE PROBATION SERVICE AND ALL FOOLS` DAY;A PERFECT FIT?

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 01. Apr. 2010. – 13:12:24  Today used to be called All Fools Day. In parts of Europe it still is. Its origins are diverse and unclear but a...

MINISTRY OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND GORDON WANTS IT ALL

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 24. Mar. 2010. – 17:32:24  The Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice have chosen Budget Day a few weeks before an election...

WARRANTS OF ENTRY AND APPLICATIONS TO DISCONNECT UTILITY SUPPLY

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  23. Mar. 2010. – 17:51:54              Amongst the "extra" matters dealt with in Magistrates` Courts I have recently commented...

WHO WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT? DO WE ACTUALLY PAY THEM?

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  23. Mar. 2010. – 17:15:46         With the news of the world, literally, not the Sunday Rag, available around the clock one occasionall...

STATUTARY DECLARATION & SERVICE OF SUMMONS

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  21. Mar. 2010. – 13:03:11 Most holders of a UK driving license have heard of "totting"; the addition of penalty points which a...

IS THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE PROSTITUTING ITS OWN SERVICE?

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    18 Mar. 2010. – 22:13:50  The Crown Prosecution Service has announced that it plans to deploy Associate Prosecutors formally known as De...