tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post1327908640724055111..comments2023-07-10T10:57:18.522+01:00Comments on The Magistrates' Blog: TomorrowBystander http://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-32889234962372933802015-12-18T10:02:04.832+00:002015-12-18T10:02:04.832+00:00CPS no papers? Surely you will have noted the resp...CPS no papers? Surely you will have noted the response by the DPP to the parliamentary committee the othe day. There are no problems at all now. Surely you believe her!AlsoexJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-62859956222875922082015-12-16T23:30:54.563+00:002015-12-16T23:30:54.563+00:00Our Bench Support Team consists of four ladies who...Our Bench Support Team consists of four ladies who arrange our rotas and training as well as dealing with our expenses. <br />They are good as well as friendly.Bystander https://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-13374037474011333662015-12-15T15:47:17.823+00:002015-12-15T15:47:17.823+00:00Likewise, but what's a Bench Support Group? Ma...Likewise, but what's a Bench Support Group? Maybe what we used to call Listings, but now call the Case Management Unit? We also spell our Legal Advisers with an 'e'.Jaguarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-35281796389447696272015-12-15T11:55:42.499+00:002015-12-15T11:55:42.499+00:00When I first became a magistrate I was extraordin...When I first became a magistrate I was extraordinarily impressed with the quality of the grumbling to be heard in the retiring room. Fluent, creative, wide-ranging, heartfelt and, above all, totally sincere. I thought this was just natural talent and struggled for years not to show myself up in the company of such virtuosi. Imagine my pleasure then, when it turned out that the continuation training devoted a whole session to the Higher Grumbling. At last I can hold my own in the company of my peers, fulminating happily on how the biscuits used to be better in the years before I joined the bench and how the warm sun always lit your way back to the car after a fulfilling and delay-free sitting.#Beakynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-32201573227324686442015-12-14T20:13:29.983+00:002015-12-14T20:13:29.983+00:00A familiar story!A familiar story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com