New Contempt Laws - The Government wants to hear from you.

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  • Опубліковано 26 жов 2024
  • There's new contempt laws in the offing; but the Law Commission needs your input.
    Link to the consultation paper here...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 85

  • @VeronicaKingsley-by9nc
    @VeronicaKingsley-by9nc 3 місяці тому +4

    Judges and Lawyers have proved that what they are in the Post office case - (clearly innocent people convicted with no /concealed evidence or worse told to perjure themselves and plead guilty) until some of these are sacked, fined or imprisoned we dont have justice in this country. `and who was the head of prosecutions during this time? ... Lawyers rack up costs to stop justice. the law is not equal nor do they want it to be. Lawyers and judges should be made to take lie-detector tests

  • @lulabellegnostic8402
    @lulabellegnostic8402 3 місяці тому +8

    They can legislate to their heart’s content. But what it comes down to is whether judges are prepared to apply the law WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Seems to me we have two tier judgements just like two tiered policing. And what is the point of ‘reforming’ contempt if there is no inclination to address perjury? As things stand there are no effective repercussions for lying in court and this is making trial by jury meaningless.

  • @HJJSL-bl8kk
    @HJJSL-bl8kk 3 місяці тому +14

    A lawyer told me a terrible miscarriage of justice hundreds of years ago was a Catholic priest who was tried by Protestants in Ireland who went with their consciences and found him not guilty. The powers that be didn't like that so they tried him again in England and he was executed. I am unhappy with contempt law wielded against those who say it's a jury's right to acquit according to their conscience, because it is, and has been so for a very long time.

    • @thomasdalton1508
      @thomasdalton1508 3 місяці тому +1

      Is it, though? Just because there is nothing anyone can do to stop you doing something doesn't mean you have the right to do it.

    • @edbop
      @edbop 3 місяці тому

      @@thomasdalton1508 look up jury nullification.

    • @888SpinR
      @888SpinR 3 місяці тому +1

      Juries acquitting according to conscience will deny justice towards the victims, especially if there is discrimination or if a there was a big news story about a similar case recently.

    • @edbop
      @edbop 3 місяці тому +1

      @@888SpinR Such as? If the law was unjust are the 'victims' genuinely victims? Previous reply which mentioned nooolification was deleted.

    • @HJJSL-bl8kk
      @HJJSL-bl8kk 3 місяці тому

      @@888SpinR The executed priest was conducting a Mass. Who were the victims? In the recent cases it was protesters. I'm not talking murders, armed robbery or anything.

  • @bexhill8777
    @bexhill8777 3 місяці тому +8

    No Need,, Againnn Just Fiddling with thw Law Under A Cloak Of Resonableness......

  • @dolovfm
    @dolovfm 3 місяці тому +7

    My experience is its rife and is seldom dealt with especially when its by lawyers and the police. The whole courts and justice system's credibility depends on how it deals with this problem. That credibility is wavering. I have no doubt that the lack of prison rooms and shortage of court/probation staff have a part to play in determination which is simply unjust.Just think of how much of the courts time is wasted on litigation based on false witness. Many thanks for the alert i look forward to the consultation.

  • @harbor.boundary.flight
    @harbor.boundary.flight 3 місяці тому +2

    “Let’s simplify the two confusing categories of contempt by replacing it with 3 and a half categories”

  • @thomasdalton1508
    @thomasdalton1508 3 місяці тому +5

    "whichever power is in party at the time"
    Is that a Freudian partygate reference?

  • @annmariewraight871
    @annmariewraight871 3 місяці тому +3

    Always useful - always interesting 😊
    Thanks!

  • @tonysheerness2427
    @tonysheerness2427 3 місяці тому +7

    Unless a jury and all who work in the courts are locked away from society so they do not here the tittle tattle on the news, in the pub or on the streets then most juries and people who work in courts will be influenced from what they hear. If you have a habitual thief and he is being tried and no one knows he is a habitual thief in the jury but they hear it from the news will that influence their decision. I bet it does.

  • @cloudsingh3147
    @cloudsingh3147 3 місяці тому +3

    Good morning to you. Thank you for the heads-up about this. I do feel a responsibility to my society to be as interactive as I can. This does fit the bill it seems. And mud flats and low water are lovely to look at too. Thank you. 😊.

  • @TheCNCDen
    @TheCNCDen 3 місяці тому +15

    The Courts and Govts are in contempt of the poeple!

    • @Eatcrow
      @Eatcrow 3 місяці тому +1

      You are in contempt of the Oxford English dictionary😂

    • @TheCNCDen
      @TheCNCDen 3 місяці тому +1

      @@EatcrowGrow up and troll elsewhere!

    • @wjf0ne
      @wjf0ne 3 місяці тому +1

      @siukcnc
      Get used to it as it ain't going to get any better. I pray for the time when AI takes over, so long as the programs are written properly, and justice will prevail without fear or favor, as mankind has become corrupt.

    • @TheCNCDen
      @TheCNCDen 3 місяці тому

      @@wjf0ne I on the other hand wish to see the end of AI other than as a novelty! AI would make it 10 times worse, it is already corrupt! It suffers from the bias of it's programmers.
      Restoring justice is simple enough, it just takes the right Govt, unfortunately that mechanism is also corrupt and won't change.

  • @barrieshepherd7694
    @barrieshepherd7694 2 місяці тому

    Many thanks for your videos. I find the your insight, relaxed nature and clarity of presentation very refreshing and easy to follow.

  • @kennethsimmons2029
    @kennethsimmons2029 3 місяці тому +7

    Removing disclosed docs from bundles by post office counsel leading

  • @Numbnuts-
    @Numbnuts- 3 місяці тому +7

    Like trial by newspapers ?.

  • @ruthfhunt2613
    @ruthfhunt2613 3 місяці тому

    Finding your videos useful - especially as I’m a student covering media law as part of my course.

  • @mb3503-o4e
    @mb3503-o4e 3 місяці тому +3

    Wonderful I am learning a lot

  • @unitycalling4676
    @unitycalling4676 3 місяці тому +7

    This sounds like on line safety bill stuff. Closing us down. I only get 9 views average on my posts. Two if I tweet myself. I could get more views if I shouted what I had to say in a cake shop.

  • @taras6806
    @taras6806 3 місяці тому

    I really enjoy your vid, Alan, and the surroundings too. You make distinctions well, as here. I'm sure Joshua would feel privileged. I do not feel happy about the proposals in many ways but look forward to your expansion on this. I relation to the notions of contempt say no, no, no. i was expecting better of this government....

  • @Me1234utube
    @Me1234utube 3 місяці тому +3

    Off topic, I read Devon and Cornwall police are taking civil proceedings to freeze the bank accounts of the Tate brothers. I don’t understand why civil , I would expect the police to take only criminal proceedings and not be involved in civil. I will have a look at the consultation but as you explain the nuances are almost endless.

    • @artmedialaw
      @artmedialaw  3 місяці тому +1

      I saw that. I was wondering too. Why D&C? Especially as the hearing is in London.

    • @se9225
      @se9225 3 місяці тому +1

      @@artmedialawlocally held assets?

    • @paulgibbons2320
      @paulgibbons2320 3 місяці тому

      Law is becoming far too adept at picking pockets.
      There is literally no separation between Banks and state.
      They have become punishment instrument.

    • @barrieshepherd7694
      @barrieshepherd7694 2 місяці тому

      @@artmedialaw Could it be related to the burden of proof level differences between Civil & Criminal?

  • @Sussex_Seagull
    @Sussex_Seagull 3 місяці тому +14

    Interesting, but I have lost faith in the integrity of the legal system since it seems if you have enough money you can 'mis-remember' events or 'mislay' evidence with no come-back. If you don't like a verdict then appeal, appeal and appeal until you get the decision you want. Freedom of speech? Went down the Swanee years ago. Try putting the feelings of the 51% adult human female community before the 1% trans community into words in public. Conclusion: make millions and do as you please, no questionaire will stop you.

    • @Daniel-deMerrivale
      @Daniel-deMerrivale 3 місяці тому +6

      Thank you for your very thoughtful comment. It does seems to me that the legal process needs to urgently first bring many of us back ‘into the fold’ by resolving so many obvious legal escape routes (precisely as you say) that wealth, parliament, power and criminality has created. The basic principle of “the rule of law” has been variously under attack and undermined for years now and in some cases (such as the many political & PO fraud scandals, individual historic rights, and Grenville tower) downright trodden over bringing feudalism to mind. This consultation may or may not be needed but it seems to me to be not the most important issue by a long mark, just moving the Titanic deck chairs around again. There are more urgent basic needs to resolve in the whole legal process first.

  • @andrewgilbertson5356
    @andrewgilbertson5356 3 місяці тому

    Thank you

  • @grahamcheshire9787
    @grahamcheshire9787 3 місяці тому +2

    Good morning. Generally speaking , in the UK, if a heron like bird is white it is an regret, otherwise it is a heron.

    • @benholroyd5221
      @benholroyd5221 3 місяці тому +2

      I regret to say that bird is probably an egret.

  • @GaryG1974
    @GaryG1974 3 місяці тому +1

    #AlwaysUseful #AlwaysInteresting #AlwaysAccurate 👍
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  • @NigelAdams-r1i
    @NigelAdams-r1i 2 місяці тому

    Govern = control Ment = mind as in mentor shipment etc etc

  • @Lightworkers.
    @Lightworkers. 3 місяці тому

    Unless the court publishes what evidence was not included then how do people who speak on court cases know that? What happens to freedom of speech? Can people be protected if they illustate that its an opinion piece? Or can they just qualify everything "allegedly". It definitely needs looking at but it could encroach on other rights people have.

  • @tixy7768
    @tixy7768 3 місяці тому

    Here is a question, since 2020 private contractors execute 100% of arrest warrant for the courts for fines and breaches. I wonder if they are going to be given obstruction powers in this act? Also bears the question “can a private company employ court officers, if contracted by HMCTS?”

  • @staffofdagda6238
    @staffofdagda6238 3 місяці тому

    are there times that disobeying a court order is not contempt? does the law of necessity, or impossibility not apply?

  • @simonc7947
    @simonc7947 3 місяці тому +1

    You mentioned the
    Attorney General. On another video, i think it was about being the duty lawyer for a newspaper, you mentioned the Solicitor General. Are these different terms for the same person, or completely different entities?

    • @thomasdalton1508
      @thomasdalton1508 3 місяці тому +4

      Different people. The Solicitor General is a member of the Attorney General's office. Essentially, the Attorney General is a cabinet minister and the Solicitor General is a junior minister in their department.

    • @artmedialaw
      @artmedialaw  3 місяці тому +2

      What Thomas said!

  • @edbop
    @edbop 3 місяці тому

    Sounds like a mine field, it'd have to be from when they are charged.

  • @paulgibbons2320
    @paulgibbons2320 3 місяці тому

    GCSE in Law should be mandatory in schools, same as the 3 R's.

    • @jerry2357
      @jerry2357 3 місяці тому +1

      I don't agree with that, but everyone needs to be taught critical thinking (which has applications in law, history, science, engineering etc.).

  • @beeble2003
    @beeble2003 3 місяці тому

    Herons are grey. Egrets are pure white and smaller.

  • @_Stin_
    @_Stin_ 3 місяці тому +1

    Table 69... Nice.

  • @solophiesoterica
    @solophiesoterica 3 місяці тому

    You can’t be held responsible for the actions of others based on your publications.

  • @JelMain
    @JelMain 3 місяці тому +3

    I think they need to get a grip on the wider justice system first. Certainly John Timpson's appointment in Prisons is a Rowntree step forwards, but the population remains so psychologically scarred as to make it improbable.
    It might be worth examining the equivalent Napoleonic Code concept of Prosecution Rights, Droits de l'Instruction.

  • @HarveyDachs
    @HarveyDachs 3 місяці тому

    I'd be interested to hear @BlackBeltBarrister comments on this in relation to Tommy Robinson's various court cases. He has been prosecuted for publishing re an active case and also by the Attorney General. Both of these scenarios were mentioned in this video.

  • @Eatcrow
    @Eatcrow 3 місяці тому

    Recording in court is potentially a contempt of court offence, is this still relevant in the digital age? it is only there because it allows the court to do what it wants and be uncountable to the public and this must stop!

    • @barrieshepherd7694
      @barrieshepherd7694 2 місяці тому

      Audio recordings can be selectively edited, changing the nuances of the original presentation, and then disseminated causing misunderstanding and confusion - so, IMHO, think it wise that the status quo be maintained

    • @Eatcrow
      @Eatcrow 2 місяці тому

      @@barrieshepherd7694 so your preference is just to argue over who said what and for the defendant to have no rights whatsoever. Maybe you should ask the high court to ban video recording in case someone edits that

    • @barrieshepherd7694
      @barrieshepherd7694 2 місяці тому

      @@Eatcrow As far as I know video recording is also banned in courts so I don't follow your observation. Anything said in court goes into the transcript. The only recording that I'm aware of that is permitted is in higher Courts of the Judge giving his sentence.. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your issue and why the defendant has their rights denied

    • @Eatcrow
      @Eatcrow 2 місяці тому

      @@barrieshepherd7694 the point is this, when the court pulls and unlawful stunt ( which they regularly do ) you have record of it and the issue then just becomes a he said she said and the onus is on you to prove otherwise and this is what they rely on to twist the facts to suit themselves which in effect disadvantages the public. Its about accountability at the end of the day, nothing to hide and all that

  • @peterriley3249
    @peterriley3249 3 місяці тому

    Morning, it would be interesting to see if they post the most useful comments as the consultation rolls on, last week black belt barrister interviewed Tommy Robinson, who will no doubt want a say.
    Just picking up on one of the links, came back with the following.
    Many social media users may be unaware of reporting restrictions and of what
    would constitute a breach of an anonymity order or contempt of court;.
    It would bee a good starting point to make it very plain and simple moving forward what constitutes a breach of anonymity for example?
    For example, Right to a Fair Trial, will always Trump freedom of speech, because once the trial is over freedom of speech will prevail, and if this freedom of speech brings new evidence, that's what re trials are for, and if no new trial guilty as charged.
    The end result of this consultation should be taught in schools.
    Given our education system is broken for want of a better word.
    And may 🐝 get AI involved as well?
    Something for me to ponder over the next couple of months.
    Best of health
    Peter and lucky the Boxer dog

  • @grahamcheshire9787
    @grahamcheshire9787 3 місяці тому

    I think I am beginning to regret my comment.

  • @mandyshanks2327
    @mandyshanks2327 3 місяці тому

    Why is he wearing a hat on a very cloudy day? It is distracting from the words.

  • @frankcarter6427
    @frankcarter6427 3 місяці тому +5

    This is such a welcome change from the racism on the Black Belt Barrister's channel

    • @fredbloggs5902
      @fredbloggs5902 3 місяці тому +9

      Example?

    • @mb3503-o4e
      @mb3503-o4e 3 місяці тому +5

      Disagree. The black belt barrister channel is wonderful also.

    • @amasworld7126
      @amasworld7126 3 місяці тому

      If you think that’s racism you’re soft as baby poo

    • @bexhill8777
      @bexhill8777 3 місяці тому

      Contempt ??.. Wounder How He Finds Time To Defend Clients...

    • @bexhill8777
      @bexhill8777 3 місяці тому

      @@mb3503-o4e Wonderful! One Could Say That Asof Strawberry And Cream... Od An Idilic Romp, ,, A Legal Vid?

  • @keithwilliams1243
    @keithwilliams1243 3 місяці тому

    It seems to me that the very concept of contempt of court is absurd, I have absolute contempt for courts and rightly so. It also seems to me that if there is equality under the law I should be able to say to the judge I hold you and this court in contempt of my person.

  • @robinwalmsley896
    @robinwalmsley896 3 місяці тому

    Legislation is NOT law