The Magistrate's Blog
Blog URL http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags magistrate, blawg, crime
By an English Magistrate whose views are his alone. Enough facts are changed to preserve the truth of the tale but to disguise its exact source.
Latest Blog Posts
- Just As If............ on Nov 20, 2009
A young man was alleged to have committed a robbery on a trader, causing great terror, but mercifully no injury, to the victim. With the bovine stupidity that characterises so many of our customers he had performed the robbery in clear shot of good q...
- Truly Disturbing on Nov 20, 2009
I have hitherto refrained from commenting on the troubling case of Paul Clarke, who appears to have got himself into some very hot water in handing in a sawn-off shotgun to the police. I agree with Charon QC that the affair has been comprehensively d...
- Another Top Tip on Nov 19, 2009
I like to pass on bits of wisdom gleaned from my days in court, so here's a useful pearl from today:-If you are short of somewhere to lay your head;And if your mate offers you a bed in his council flat;And if you get back a bit late after a heavy ses...
- A Few Proposals From Some Bill Or Other on Nov 19, 2009
I quote, from some newspaper:- "Gives police the power to bar suspected domestic violence offenders from their homes for a period, even when not charged". So if the police - suspect - that a man (it will usually be a man) is beating his wife, then...
- Not Quite........ on Nov 18, 2009
Susan Levy, the mother of Brooke Magnanti, the research scientist unmasked as the former call girl Belle de Jour, said she was proud of her "brilliant" daughter for "standing up for herself". Isn't 'standing up' the opposite of what she did?
- Only In England? on Nov 17, 2009
I had lunch in London today with someone for whom I care a good deal. After lunch we strolled somewhat aimlessly in the autumn sunshine until we found ourselves approaching Westminster Bridge, along the Embankment. Thus we came to Parliament Square.
- A Grim Reminder on Nov 14, 2009
This is a tragic reminder of the responsibility that magistrates carry when they decide to grant or withold bail. Every bail decision is a calculated risk because there are few certainties. Whether there are 'substantial grounds' to fear further offe...
