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IDENTITY CARDS BURIED WITH LABOUR!

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 27. May. 2010. – 14:06:37  Libertarians and perhaps many others not so single minded about retaining their privacy in an increasingly big b...

NOT ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR

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27. May. 2010. – 12:13:52  Those of us who are literate enough to read and/or write assimilate so much information on a daily basis that our...

POLICE, HUMANISM AND DIVERSITY

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  26. May. 2010. – 12:05:52 It never ceases to amaze me that police forces have moved in a couple of generations from what could loosely b...

DRUGS IN PRISONS

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  24. May. 2010. – 11:20:38 To argue in the negative is always a difficult task. To remember negative thoughts or activities or perhaps th...

SHORT PRISON SENTENCES ARE A NECESSITY

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 23. May. 2010. – 13:35:08  Being a long serving member of an urban bench, meeting and sitting with newly appointed colleagues is usually a ...

MAGISTRATES AND COMMON SENSE

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 18. May. 2010. – 13:17:45  In order to be appointed as Justices of the Peace applicants have to jump through a fair number of hoops and tha...

WHEN A WIFE GIVES EVIDENCE IN HER HUSBAND`S DEFENCE

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 @ 17. May. 2010. – 11:18:41  Most people are aware that, generally speaking, a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband. Consis...

KENNETH CLARKE and TRULY a C.J.S.S.S.

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 16. May. 2010. – 13:33:17  It`s not often that a government, especially one in the midst of a financial crisis it has been elected to allev...

EMPLOYERS -V - EMPLOYEES

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 15. May. 2010. – 13:41:50  Once upon a time in a far off land there was a boss and there were his workers. And for reasons unknown and not ...

WARNINGS FROM THE BENCH ON FUTURE SENTENCING

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 14. May. 2010. – 11:05:20  Within the Magistrates` Courts system, at least as far as Justices of the Peace are advised by their legal advis...

A NEW BEGINNING WITH A NEW SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE?

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 13. May. 2010. – 17:53:00  It seems a trojan had invaded my cyber fortress when I was last posting on Pagan Police despite the efforts of S...

A MAGISTRATE`S ILL JUDGED RANTS?

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 10. May. 2010. – 18:19:19  Having the luxury of a couple of hours for doing the garden or watching Sky News I chose the latter. Perhaps som...

LITTER LOUTS

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 10. May. 2010. – 12:57:50  People of a not so certain age when discussing current social mores will sometimes use the phrase, "in my d...

THE ASBO: A MONSTER OUT OF CONTROL ?

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 08. May. 2010. – 12:56:20  Anti Social Behaviour Orders [ASBOs] have been around for eight years. They were and are designed in general to ...

ELECTION DAY BUT NOT FOR MAGISTRATES

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 06. May. 2010. – 12:23:58  I have just cast my votes for the general and local election. Nothing unusual in that of course. At this late st...

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...