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Tag Archives: magistrates courts

Good weather to bury bad news?

By Paul Walter | Wed 25th July 2018 - 9:30 am

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Whilst enjoying listening to the county cricket commentaries I watched the news yesterday with half an eye.

Hello – did they really just do that?….

…I thought.

Yes, the government dumped out a plethora of inconvenient announcements just as MPs packed their sandals and beach balls for the summer recess. (What West Wing viewers will know as “Take out the trash day”)

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged brexit, nursery schools, obesity, raf and theresa may | 7 Comments

Opinion: Lib Dems believe in local policing; should they also support a return to local courts?

By John Howson | Mon 22nd September 2014 - 12:33 pm

Over the past two decades summary justice has been transformed in England and Wales. Part of the change has been a loss of local visibility for the justice system. The police and Crown Prosecution Service has acquired new authority to sentence those admitting to crimes through use of Conditional Cautions and the expansion of fixed penalty and exclusion notices. In this they have been aided by new powers gained by local authorities.

On the other hand, local magistrates’ courts have disappeared from many towns and the suburbs of …

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