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Old 24-Oct-2009, 23:05
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'NOT GUILTY' MOTORISTS FACE COURT COSTS‏: Petition

This was emailed direct to the club so its here for your consideration:

"From the creators of this petition :-

"The Ministry of Justice plan to implement a new costs recovery system from October 2009. Under new rules any defendant acquitted of an offence in the Magistrates' Court will only be reimbursed at prevailing legal aid rates regardless of the level of costs they paid to their lawyers.

This proposed rule change will undoubtedly mean that many defendants will accept wrongful prosecutions for commercial reasons. The Association of Motor Offence Lawyers (of which I am President) see thousands of convictions each year in the Magistrates' Court that should never occur due to misunderstanding of technical points concerning motoring legislation. If a defendant wishes to clear their name, they often have to take their case to the Crown Court. This can be an expensive process for which legal aid is unavailable which many will not embark upon with the knowledge that even when they win their appeal, they will lose the majority of the legal fees they spend in the process.



The costs savings the government are seeing to make could be made by examining and improving other ineffective processes within the court system. It is not fair to pass yet another expense onto the public."

Sign the petition here :-

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/CostsRecovery/

James
Admin"
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Old 24-Oct-2009, 23:14
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Mood: Has change happened...must of missed it!
i think a lot of cases go to court at the request of the defendant on a wing and a prayer.......backed up by overpaid, (by the public!!!), legal representatives who look to exploit the querkiest of loopholes....

and the CPS are so disorganised and ****.......btw

still, what would i know.....
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