A MAGISTRATE`S DIARY

Volume 1 2009-2010 of my previously unpublished diaries with my observations and opinions of the law and justice

A MAGISTRATE`S DIARY

Volume 1 2009-2010 of my previously unpublished diaries with my observations and opinions of the law and justice

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ALCOHOL, ASBOs & POPPIES

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 04. Nov. 2010. – 12:42:13 Alcohol has been in the news recently. I suppose alcohol is never out of the news. Th...

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GIVES CONVICTS VOTE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 02. Nov. 2010. – 09:53:19 The European Court of Human Rights was not on my blogging agenda this morning until 8...

TOO OLD TO BE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 01. Nov. 2010. – 10:31:48 Parliamentary answers are, I suppose, answers straight from the horse`s mouth. They a...

LEGAL LIABILITY OF CHILDREN IN NEW YORK

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 31. Oct. 2010. – 11:07:23 Events and news are the lifeblood, heart and lungs of any blogger. For this blogger t...

OUT OF COURT DISPOSALS AND SOME CONSEQUENCES

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 30. Oct. 2010. – 11:50:42 I`ve commented here many times on matters emanating from Crown Courts but rarely on r...

NO PUBLIC CASH HANDOUT FOR J.P.s` CELEBRATION

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 29. Oct. 2010. – 15:17:05 We read yesterday that the E.U. is demanding additional £billions from constituent go...

CONTEMPT

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 by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 28. Oct. 2010. – 11:24:23  Dictionary dot com and doubtless other sources define contempt of court as a. wilful d...

WHAT`S SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE.................

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 27. Oct. 2010. – 14:39:35 People have been trying to do it for centuries in one form or another. First it was t...

LOCAL OPPOSITION TO A COURT CLOSURE

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 27. Oct. 2010. – 12:27:53 The proposed closure of 157 courts has brought forth such a unified outcry from so ma...

THE SUM OF ALL [CAR] PARTS

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 27. Oct. 2010. – 11:30:58 We occasionally read of attempts by members of the public, dissatisfied with the effo...

LATE CHANGES OF PLEA

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 25. Oct. 2010. – 14:40:32 Vacated trials are the bane of court life. A date has been set, usually two or three ...

JUDGES ON TARGET

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 25. Oct. 2010. – 14:16:21 If the Magistrates` Association cannot secure widespread media coverage of its opposi...

DISGRUNTLED CHAIRMAN AND DOGGY DOODLES AMONGST OTHER THINGS

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 23. Oct. 2010. – 17:16:59 For this blogger it`s been an interesting week. The Chairman of the Magistrates` Asso...

FEMALE J.P.s AT RISK

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 22. Oct. 2010. – 08:14:58 Among suggestions thoughtlessly aired sometimes under pressure by magistrates officia...

REVOLTING PEASANTS

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  by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 21. Oct. 2010. – 12:03:17 We`ve had the explosion. The device went off as planned. The destructive power of the...

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...
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