tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post2513244880162284460..comments2023-07-10T10:57:18.522+01:00Comments on The Magistrates' Blog: No Surprise There, ThenBystander http://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-89375358871367309272013-12-03T18:49:12.817+00:002013-12-03T18:49:12.817+00:00Is there enough work nowadays to require courts to...Is there enough work nowadays to require courts to sit 'extended weekday and saturday sittings, Sunday sittings? Pilots on video links with police custody suites proved successful (according to the article).ObiterJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04544226917595022902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-63773507656066375942013-12-02T13:07:27.568+00:002013-12-02T13:07:27.568+00:00Thank you for, in your blog, The Vice Tightens, po...Thank you for, in your blog, The Vice Tightens, pointing out the new proposals on the Judicial Management of the Magistrates' Courts, which include abolition of JIGs.<br />It is not necessary to read between any lines when reference is made to work that is interesting or challenging. This just sets in a formal proposal what has been happening for several years; namely that work involving 'celebrities', politicians, local bigwigs, intellectually stretching, police officers etc etc. invariably is kept away from justices. However, doesn't the focus of "service to the public" also mean justice determined and dispensed by peers and not by a single person? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-32184994637995656062013-11-29T12:44:01.459+00:002013-11-29T12:44:01.459+00:00If only we could get somebody to fix what's th...If only we could get somebody to fix what's there now - well, it might just work...really it might...and not need more pilots and more pilots and then...well, you get the drift.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-89601727062154083722013-11-28T17:52:32.787+00:002013-11-28T17:52:32.787+00:00http://magistratesblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mers...http://magistratesblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mersey-beaten.htmlBystander https://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-61769256688872244732013-11-28T15:28:00.207+00:002013-11-28T15:28:00.207+00:00And what happened to that wonderful pilot court in...And what happened to that wonderful pilot court in Liverpool into which countless millions was sunk? Oh yes that came to a sticky end as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com