Are you a Magistrate?

spen666

Are there any magistrates on this forum?

If not, then any reason you don't volunteer to be one?

Porgy

no one ever asked me

andyp

That's odd - I was thinking about this the other day.

How do you become one?

spen666

andyp wrote:

That's odd - I was thinking about this the other day.

How do you become one?

try here for details

Magistrates

Porgy

do they accept anarchists? :twisted:

wildmoustache

interesting... i''ve learned something new today (other than that dnoward advises choosing a bike on the basis of colour and eh has imaginary tri-bars consisting of shimano gear cables).

doubt my employer would be keen on 26 half days pa off though.

APIII

No. I was on the other side of the fence once, so to speak :oops: You need a certain level of arrogance to be a magistrate, which fortunately I don't posess

NFMC

My dad's one and he loves it.

Pretty honourable way of volunteering, if you ask me.

spen666

I'm curious as to why people do not volunteer

[ No- i'm not one- nor am I involved in recruiting for them. In fact I've had several "run-ins" with them over the years]

andyp

spen666 wrote:

I'm curious as to why people do not volunteer

[ No- i'm not one- nor am I involved in recruiting for them. In fact I've had several "run-ins" with them over the years]

I don't feel old enough. Then I realised I'll be 40 soon.

I was thinking it would be an interesting thing to do and a useful way of putting some time into my local community. I'm not sure how it would sit with my employer though.

spen666

andyp wrote:

spen666 wrote:

I'm curious as to why people do not volunteer

[ No- i'm not one- nor am I involved in recruiting for them. In fact I've had several "run-ins" with them over the years]

I don't feel old enough. Then I realised I'll be 40 soon.

I was thinking it would be an interesting thing to do and a useful way of putting some time into my local community. I'm not sure how it would sit with my employer though.

They are keen to recruit younger magistrates.

depending on your employer- it might sit very well- good for prestige of firm to have magistrate working for them- makes them appear more reputable?

pneumatic

I can think of several reasons why people would not volunteer:

1. They are self-absorbed and would never contemplate doing anything for the wider community. After all, for them, there's no such thing as society anyway.
2. They are anti-establishment and would rather remain outside the tent, pissing in.
3. They are conflict-averse, and would feel really uncomfortable in the middle of an adversarial process, even (perhaps especially) if they had to make a judgement about it.
4. They are self-conscious and imagine that you have to be old, articulate, upper middle class, connected, tweedy, white, male and anglo-saxon to make a good Magistrate.
5. They have a criminal record.
6. They are lazy.

I am not telling you which of these reasons may or may not apply to me!

ivancarlos

Porgy wrote:

do they accept anarchists? :twisted:

Do they accept nazis? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Porgy

ivancarlos wrote:

Porgy wrote:

do they accept anarchists? :twisted:

Do they accept nazis? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

i should think so :roll:

spen666

Porgy wrote:

ivancarlos wrote:

Porgy wrote:

do they accept anarchists? :twisted:

Do they accept nazis? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

i should think so :roll:

No they have to become High court Judges :evil: :twisted:

chrisjsmith

Some of us don't believe the British legal system supports the community effectively so will boycott it. That's my stance.

Justice is not for all.

wildmoustache

I am a white male (and exceptionally proud of it - joke, I'm actually terribly guilt ridden. That I cycle makes it even worse). That wouldn't put me off becoming a magistrate, though suspect it would reduce my chances somewhat.

It's the 26 1/2 days that's the killer ... how many employers will agree to that??

Porgy

I suspect my card is marked somewhere. Years of association with known anarchists and lefties, organising and taking part in demonstrations, generally troublemaking in the name of anti-Corporatism.

I'm the only person in my circle - family and friends, colleagues - who's never been called up for jury service. In fact I know people who've been called up several times. I'm 41 and have never been called up once.

I may apply for being a magistrate at some point and see how far my application goes.

spen666

Porgy wrote:

I suspect my card is marked somewhere. Years of association with known anarchists and lefties, organising and taking part in demonstrations, generally troublemaking in the name of anti-Corporatism.

I'm the only person in my circle - family and friends, colleagues - who's never been called up for jury service. In fact I know people who've been called up several times. I'm 41 and have never been called up once.

I may apply for being a magistrate at some point and see how far my application goes.

I've never been called up for jury service either

In fact none of my family or close friends have either. Perhaps my card is filed with yours

Porgy

spen666 wrote:

Porgy wrote:

I suspect my card is marked somewhere. Years of association with known anarchists and lefties, organising and taking part in demonstrations, generally troublemaking in the name of anti-Corporatism.

I'm the only person in my circle - family and friends, colleagues - who's never been called up for jury service. In fact I know people who've been called up several times. I'm 41 and have never been called up once.

I may apply for being a magistrate at some point and see how far my application goes.

I've never been called up for jury service either

In fact none of my family or close friends have either. Perhaps my card is filed with yours

Perhaps I'm being paranoid - but with the experiences I had in the 90s that may not be entirely surprising.

spen666

Porgy wrote:

spen666 wrote:

Porgy wrote:

I suspect my card is marked somewhere. Years of association with known anarchists and lefties, organising and taking part in demonstrations, generally troublemaking in the name of anti-Corporatism.

I'm the only person in my circle - family and friends, colleagues - who's never been called up for jury service. In fact I know people who've been called up several times. I'm 41 and have never been called up once.

I may apply for being a magistrate at some point and see how far my application goes.

I've never been called up for jury service either

In fact none of my family or close friends have either. Perhaps my card is filed with yours

Perhaps I'm being paranoid - but with the experiences I had in the 90s that may not be entirely surprising.

I didn't realise you knew me in the 1990s

spen666

chrisjsmith wrote:

Some of us don't believe the British legal system supports the community effectively so will boycott it. That's my stance.

Justice is not for all.

firstly there is not a BRITISH legal system - there is an English and Welsh one and a separate Scottish one and separate again in Northern Ireland.


The Scottish and English systems are founded on completely different types of law/legal systems


if you boycott the system, what do you propose to replace it or do you favour anarchy?

chrisjsmith

spen666 wrote:

chrisjsmith wrote:

Some of us don't believe the British legal system supports the community effectively so will boycott it. That's my stance.

Justice is not for all.

firstly there is not a BRITISH legal system - there is an English and Welsh one and a separate Scottish one and separate again in Northern Ireland.


The Scottish and English systems are founded on completely different types of law/legal systems


if you boycott the system, what do you propose to replace it or do you favour anarchy?

Here we go another spen666 masterpiece.

Regional differences noted and ignored.

I favour a happy anarchy