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3 MAGISTRATES SEEM FAIRER FOR A DEFENDANT THAN A SINGLE D.J.

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  24. Sep. 2010. @ 08:22:23 by TheJusticeofthePeace There are various arguments for the increasing deployment of District Judges [magistrat...

JUDGEMENT AT CHESTER CROWN COURT

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  22. Sep. 2010. @ 08:41:30 by TheJusticeofthePeace All judges and magistrates must pay heed to the guidelines published by the Sentencing ...

IT`S ALL RELATIVE

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  21. Sep. 2010. @ 13:56:44 by TheJusticeofthePeace Everything in this world is relative. Whether large or small, fast or slow, widespread ...

ROBBERS & J.P.s GO TO COSTCO

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  19. Sep. 2010. @ 11:24:19 by TheJusticeofthePeace Last week a friend asked me whether membership of Costco is worth it. I`ve been a membe...

A TOTTER IS A TOTTER IS A TOTTER

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 18. Sep. 2010. @ 14:04:21 by TheJusticeofthePeace I have frequently commented that deterrence is a major plank in any criminal justice syst...

MAGISTRATES` ASSOCIATION RESPONSE TO COURT CLOSURES

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  16. Sep. 2010. @ 11:42:27 by TheJusticeofthePeace Consultation on the great court closures document ended yesterday just as I returned to...

NOT A GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND

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  14. Sep. 2010. @ 19:39:28 by TheJusticeofthePeace I had not intended blogging from this parched land where green is a very interesting co...

WILL ENGLAND FOLLOW SCOTLAND AND ABOLISH SHORT SENTENCES?

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 08. Sep. 2010. @ 08:46:40  It is often discussed whether events or people change the course of history. I make no effort to answer that que...

AN INSIDER SPEAKING OUT

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 11:18:06 by TheJusticeofthePeace As part of the fall out resulting from the proposed cash squeeze being imposed by the Coalition, the Minis...

EXCEPTIONAL HARDSHIP IN RELATION TO DRIVING DISQUALIFICATION

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 11:02:22 by TheJusticeofthePeace Magistrates know all about exceptional hardship as it applies to driving disqualification……….or at least t...

DISQUALIFICATION IN ABSENCE

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 12:49:05 by TheJusticeofthePeace When I were a lad and you couldn`t go down the mines until you were twelve years old …..when you could tak...

COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE POLICE

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 15:23:05 by TheJusticeofthePeace Anyone whose career or job involves direct contact with members of the public, [ and I include myself in t...

FOOTBALLERS PLAYING AWAY

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 31. Aug. 2010. – 16:38:40  It seems it`s as natural for a famous wealthy Premier Division footballer to play away from home as it is to hav...

CRIMINAL LIFE IN 2010

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 30. Aug. 2010. – 23:07:46  There is a dearth of interesting news and other pressing matters over a Bank Holiday but viewed collectively a f...

3000 NEW LAWS AND STILL IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE

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  29. Aug. 2010. – 11:04:13 The old adage, ignorance of the law is no excuse, might have been applicable when it was first coined 2000 ye...

CAN THE FRONT LINE STAND A 40% HIT?

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 28. Aug. 2010. – 15:19:22  A few years ago a new class of CPS prosecutor was introduced to the magistrates` court system; the DCW dedicated...

AT THE BEGINNING

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This diary was begun in 2010. My reasons for so doing were published here on October 22nd 2021. For those reading this I feel it`s time to p...

WHEN IS A LAMPOON ILLEGAL?

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 27. Aug. 2010. – 11:47:56  Robert Peel; he who conceived the idea of a police force as we now know it, had as his objective the prevention ...

J.P.s RULE OK

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 26. Aug. 2010. – 17:00:24  They used to be called [learned]“justices` clerk” but are now known as [learned] legal advisers. They were once ...

ALL`S WELL IN LOVE, WAR & POLITICS

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 25. Aug. 2010. – 11:40:42  Three months on and the new government has a couple of months to gather its thoughts as do the M.P.s whose elect...

CUSTODY THRESHOLD AT MAGISTRATES` COURTS

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 24. Aug. 2010. – 16:12:51  It is not all that often that the Magistrates` Association`s house magazine “Magistrate” has an article that off...

SHOULD CELEBRITIES BE FINED ACCORDING TO THEIR MILLIONAIRE MEANS?

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 24. Aug. 2010. – 13:57:45  It`s unusual to comment on offences in far away jurisdictions of which we know little but the case of Lewis Hami...

A CLEAN OUT OF THE STABLE OF A BANANA KINGDOM

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 23. Aug. 2010. – 11:20:31  Prior to reaching my current state of cynicism and when I was naïve enough to believe that although I might disa...

FASHION`S ABOUT POLICE AS WELL AS FASHION

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 20. Aug. 2010. – 13:02:17  A couple of definitions of the word “fashion” are a prevailing custom or conventional usage. The word itself is ...

MAGISTRATES` ASSOCIATION IS NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE

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 19. Aug. 2010. – 12:39:10  When there is a confluence of power and unreasonable, poorly thought out proposals from one side of a negotiatin...