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Diary of a Legal Eagle: Financial Penalties- Part II
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Wednesday, 29 August 2012. Financial Penalties- Part II. There is no way, ever ever, that a Bench will behave in this loathsome manner". Unrepresented defendants are treated with deference, respect and kid gloves without exception". Yesterday I was emailed a case which I read with considerable interest. It is called R (on the application of Evans) v North Somerset Magistrates' Court. The Claimant, howeve...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: The Unexpected Hazard of a Football Match
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Friday, 25 January 2013. The Unexpected Hazard of a Football Match. Football. Many people love it, lots of people hate it, some people are just indifferent towards it. However, misbehaviour on the pitch (alleged or otherwise) is likely to get the whole nation talking. Why? 1 The ball went out of play. 2 Mr Hazard went after it. 4 The ball boy goes to the floor, lying on top of the ball in the process.
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: There's nothing as queer as evidence
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Friday, 19 October 2012. There's nothing as queer as evidence. I took some photographs, knowing that I wouldn't be able to use them in evidence, as an aide memoir. I would later ask my solicitor to take some more so that I could use them in evidence. Me- You said in your evidence that you were travelling at about 60mph? Me- How do you know that? Officer- I looked at my speedometer. The officer's credibil...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: Baby names and the law
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Monday, 27 August 2012. Baby names and the law. Yesterday my sister had a baby. Big congratulations to her, her partner and the little one. Prior to the birth, I was chatting with my sister about possible baby names. "Are there any illegal baby names? She asked me. I thought about it and then said "I don't know". I decided to conduct a little investigation. It would seem not. Finally, a Judge in the Unit...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: Attempted Battery; R v Gary Nelson [2013] EWCA Crim 30
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Thursday, 7 February 2013. Attempted Battery; R v Gary Nelson [2013] EWCA Crim 30. The idea that the offence of Attempted Battery is an offence known to the law of England and Wales would cause most lawyers to laugh (sad I know). But the reason for this is straightforward. Section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 provides as follows:. Where an offence is triable only summarily, it cannot be the obj...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: August 2012
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Wednesday, 29 August 2012. Financial Penalties- Part II. There is no way, ever ever, that a Bench will behave in this loathsome manner". Unrepresented defendants are treated with deference, respect and kid gloves without exception". Yesterday I was emailed a case which I read with considerable interest. It is called R (on the application of Evans) v North Somerset Magistrates' Court. The Claimant, howeve...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: October 2012
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Friday, 19 October 2012. There's nothing as queer as evidence. I took some photographs, knowing that I wouldn't be able to use them in evidence, as an aide memoir. I would later ask my solicitor to take some more so that I could use them in evidence. Me- You said in your evidence that you were travelling at about 60mph? Me- How do you know that? Officer- I looked at my speedometer. The officer's credibil...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: July 2012
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Tuesday, 31 July 2012. Twitter- Chambers v DPP and Tom Daley. So, it has been nearly 5 months since my last post. The reason? I have fled the jurisdiction. Temporarily at least. I decided a change of scenery was in order so packed my wig and gown and headed off to the Middle East. I'm not sure how long I will stay out here but I have no doubt that I will return to the UK at some point. The Judgment was u...
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Diary of a Legal Eagle: February 2013
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Diary of a Legal Eagle. The thoughts, experiences and daily ramblings of a junior criminal barrister. Thursday, 7 February 2013. Attempted Battery; R v Gary Nelson [2013] EWCA Crim 30. The idea that the offence of Attempted Battery is an offence known to the law of England and Wales would cause most lawyers to laugh (sad I know). But the reason for this is straightforward. Section 1(1) of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 provides as follows:. Where an offence is triable only summarily, it cannot be the obj...
