Thread: I wonder how far this will go
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Old 15-04-2010, 10:47   #19
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Re: I wonder how far this will go
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Originally Posted by zing View Post
If it was all BS then what does come out of this is that neither the Magistrates or the Police know enough about the law. If what he was saying is true the the Police knew the score and the Magistrates were unsure.

Surely if the guy was talking BS then in all that time someone in the courts ,specially the prosecutor who you assume has a law degree and with such would be the highest qualified in law in the room should have been able to sort it out and arrests be made

If the guy was to turn out to be right and tasers were used then it would be someone like you who would have to arrest the taser user for assault
This is the crux of the problem and is a fine example of "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing." The "layman" had read somewhere that he could get away with this and gave it a try. The magistrates, who are mostly laypeople as well, do not know enough about the law to ab able to say for certain whether what this person is saying is true and perhaps in the interests of justice are willing to consider that he may be right. They then used their powers of authority on the court to have him removed. The "layman" threatens the security guard with legal action if he tries to eject him from the court (another assumption I am making, is that they are quite entitled to use reasonable force to achieve this) and he asks the magistrates if this was true, but they now too wound up to make a reasonable judgement. I also suspect they are doing their best to protect members of the public (or even just themselves) from being involved in, what could potentially turn into, a riotous protest.

I would love to see what the aftermath of this incident was. I would suspect (more of a hope really), that after some in depth consultation with lawyers, proficient in constitutional law, they will plonk more summonses on these people's doorsteps and prosecute to the fullest.

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
Is council tax actual taxation.. It goes to the council not the national treasury???
The point is, that his assertion that the magistrates court is a commercial court is spurious. I am not actually sure whether taxation is solely limited to the national exchequer, but I doubt it.
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