Thread: I wonder how far this will go
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Old 15-04-2010, 11:14   #33
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Re: I wonder how far this will go
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Originally Posted by TheDaddy View Post
There was a perfectly good lawyer there charging £400 an hour for in this case doing nothing, instead of standing there grinning like an idiot she could have at least phoned her office to find out if anyone knows, mind you that might have been what she was grinning at, the prospect of charging another few hundred quid to find out for them.
Yes, but she would know very little about constitutional matters and the how the authority of the courts relates to ancient and common law. But then, she would have got paid either way, but I don't think a local council will pay staff solicitors four hundred pounds an hour (another little trick by the narrator to suggest misuse of public money). That said, if this was prosecuted further, it would have been an option to charge the defendant, as well as his very misguided counsel (and quite rightly so), the full costs of the prosecution anyway.

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Originally Posted by Derek S View Post
After forcing myself to watch and listen to it and resisting the urge to throw myself off the nearest tall building my impression remains that the 'freemen' are full of self-importance and the cops didn't want to create a scene.

The courts powers and responsibilities have evolved over time and they seem to be harking back to ages past. Next they'll be killing Welshmen with bows and arrows within city walls and claiming thats allowed.

Oh and am I the only one who finds it amusing that it's an English freeman causing the fuss in a Welsh court?
Oh, we are so in sync here, it's frightening.

Throughout this, I was forever wandering, why are they proudly declaring their Englishness in a Welsh court.

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Originally Posted by zing View Post
I thought he meant commercial as in people involved make money. Magistrates get paid etc? I didnt think he meant commercial like county courts etc
I think this was his intention, to suggest that there was some nefarious profit being made by the courts.
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