The Magistrate's Blog (2005-2012)

I have migrated the blog to
http://magistratesblog.blogspot.co.uk/
and copied all of the posts across.

I have no idea what has happened to the comments - JS-Kit was dumped on me when they bought out Haloscan. I have tried to get in to put it back to normal, but I haven't got time. I'll have a go when things calm down a bit.
Wednesday Update: Comments are back at the new url and the posts are all migrated across. That's a start....

The CPS are shortly to begin their new 'paperless as far as the door of the court' document handling system. I wish them well and hope that the widely expressed fear that this will be just another Government IT fiasco proves to be groundless.
The gossip grapevine tells me that local solicitors are tooling up with the gizmos to allow them to deal with electronic files at court, and the potential savings are tempting....

The Government is hinting at a new wheeze to get a grip on the unruly behaviour of the British public. This is reminiscent of the most manic and absurd days of Tony Blair.
Moral panics are a regular feature of life in this nation. I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that Louise Casey was involved in this latest one....