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REFUSAL TO SUPPLY DNA SAMPLE, PROBABILITY AND THE LAW

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 05. May. 2010. – 16:32:17  The Fingerprint Branch at New Scotland Yard was created in July 1901 using the Henry System of Classification.  ...

LAW LESS WITH TORIES

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03. May. 2010. – 14:47:04  As election day approaches those who decide to vote and those conscientiously deciding to abstain will base their...

DRESS FOR DISCIPLINE

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 01. May. 2010. – 11:08:22  All organisations publish some sort of magazine or newsletter even if it consists only of a couple of stapled sh...

GANGMASTERS, COURTS AND THE LIB DEMS

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 @ 30. Apr. 2010. – 10:46:15  Like a few million others I watched the third leaders election broadcast last night. For those with a passing ...

INNOCENT UNTIL PROVED GUILTY??????

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 25. Apr. 2010. – 15:45:53  Innocent until proven guilty! Most people would acknowledge this is the "British way" of doing things....

MAGISTRATES AND BAIL ON MURDER CHARGE

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 22. Apr. 2010. – 11:42:58  Although some might comment that there is much that needs to be done about the performance of some criminal lawy...

AN ODD WAY TO GET ON THE SEX OFFENDERS` REGISTER

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  21. Apr. 2010. – 11:56:06 There are some occasions in a Magistrates` Court after a prosecutor has opened a case with a description of th...

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...