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MAGISTRATES RESPONSE TO COURT CLOSURES COULD BE BETTER

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 20. Oct. 2010. – 13:05:22 So now we know*. George [Houdini] Osborne hopes he has made the cash disappear with o...

KNIVES, CRIME AND STATISTICS

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 18. Oct. 2010. – 12:09:47 If we don`t know what`s happening it`s difficult to take measures against the event i...

FINING FOR UNDER AGE SALES OF ALCOHOL

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 16. Oct. 2010. – 14:32:47 A topic common to the many who comment on the state of disorder on our streets and el...

A SAD TALE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 15. Oct. 2010. – 12:21:25 From my other life I would opine that most reasonably highly skilled and trained prof...

SALAMI SLICING AND THE DAILY MAIL

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 14. Oct. 2010. – 10:19:30 There`s a fashion for everything and not just how much of a woman`s legs should be vi...

TYPICAL MORNING AT COURT

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 13. Oct. 2010. – 14:54:16 All those involved in the work of the courts from ushers to judges would have appropr...

AN ANIMAL LOVER

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 12. Oct. 2010. – 08:11:47 I have fond memories of having a cat which was more a watch dog or a mountain lion th...

AT LEAST JUDGES KNOW OUR VALUE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 11. Oct. 2010. – 16:11:32 In a period when major changes in the system and practice of magistrates` courts are ...

NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT CONSULTATION

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 11. Oct. 2010. – 15:53:03 There are some countries where referendums are commonly used to effect major legislat...

UNTOUCHABLES AT THE METROPOLITAN POLICE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 11. Oct. 2010. – 11:53:09 We don`t all read the Guardian. We might have pre-conceived impressions of its editor...

SHADOW OF DOUBT

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 10. Oct. 2010. – 15:52:22 Before during and after appointment J.P.s have to jump through more hoops than a circ...

EITHER WAYS ON THE WAY OUT?

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 09. Oct. 2010. – 13:51:25 Either way offences can be tried at crown or magistrates` court. Magistrates [or D.J....

JUDGE BATHURST-NORMAN DISCIPLINED BUT NOT SACKED

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 08. Oct. 2010. – 12:35:53 So Judge Bathurst-Norman has been disciplined earlier this week over comments made at...

PCSOs COST A FORTUNE & FOR WHAT?

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 05. Oct. 2010. – 15:46:17 Over the last few months I have tendered some facts and offered my opinions on cardbo...

LOCAL JUSTICE GOOD? LOCAL PRACTICES BAD? THE PIPER CALLS THE TUNE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 05. Oct. 2010. – 11:29:41 I am a member of a fairly large bench. With proposed court amalgamations on the horiz...

STATUTORY DECLARATION

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 04. Oct. 2010. – 12:27:19 As previously alluded to over the last few months Justices of the Peace perform many ...

SPECIAL CONSTABLES AND THE MET.

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 01. Oct. 2010. – 13:07:40 Later this month the Coalition will announce how U.K. plc is going to save itself fro...

CARDBOARD POLICE - ESSEX NO! HUMBERSIDE - YES!

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  30. Sep. 2010. @ 12:00:13 by TheJusticeofthePeace There are some occasions when the phrase, “words fail me” sums up a reaction to what ha...

LET SLEEPING JUDGES SLEEP WHILST J.P.s ARE FIRED

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  28. Sep. 2010. @ 11:22:44 by TheJusticeofthePeace Professional people must jump hurdles of varying heights in order to be entrusted with ...

MAGISTRATES CAN BE INQUISITORIAL IN THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE

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  27. Sep. 2010. @ 11:39:30 by TheJusticeofthePeace In France and other jurisdictions where the justice system is inquisitorial as opposed...

IT`S TIME TO END DEFENDANTS` RIGHT TO CHOOSE

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  26. Sep. 2010. @ 14:01:12 by TheJusticeofthePeace On Nov 21st last year I commented that it was time to say goodbye to either way offence...

ASBOs - THE END

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  25. Sep. 2010. @ 15:35:44 by TheJusticeofthePeace Anti social behaviour is getting out of hand. In plain English that is the opinion of s...

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 ...