Category Archives: Justice Issues

Well done for your cross party action in the House of Commons

Posted on February 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

Although the provision of a good quality piece of legislation is the most important element from Parliament, when backbench MPs from more than one party work together we should applaud them. That is particularly true if their cooperation and proposed … Continue reading →

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Sussex Police are understandably highly commended

Posted on February 22, 2021 by ianchisnall

Over the last few days ago two pieces of news emerged that don’t have any connections and yet they resonated in my mind along with some other cases. The first piece of news came in a monthly update from Chief … Continue reading →

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Did Victims of Crime and Anti-social Behaviour get a second read?

Posted on February 20, 2021 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday 9th February, Peter Kyle the MP for Hove carried out the first reading of a Bill which is called Victims of Crime and Anti-social Behaviour, Etc (Rights, Entitlements and Related Matters) and which can be found here. It … Continue reading →

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The Next PCCs must address this Ethnic Disproportionality

Posted on January 29, 2021 by ianchisnall

The common and regular use of abbreviations has the problem of people often overlooking the actual meaning of the initials once they get used to them. However in addition to that challenge, there is also the problem when roles are … Continue reading →

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A US Solicitor who has exceeded the John Grisham stories

Posted on January 9, 2021 by ianchisnall

My limited range of books from modern story writers include a significant number that were written by John Grisham. I found one of his books very inspiring, but he also sets out to explain that some solicitors or legal workers … Continue reading →

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The New Year Honours for 2021

Posted on December 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

The honouring by the Government and the Queen for a significant number of people is very important as we begin a year that we can all hope will be much better than this year has been for COVID-19 and the … Continue reading →

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The urgent need for Court Maintenance to take place

Posted on December 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

It is great news that after a decade of Court cuts by the current Governments politician’s including when they were in charge of the coalition Government, that finally they are about to start funding the desperately needed Court Maintenance provision. … Continue reading →

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When will the Government end section 21 evictions?

Posted on November 15, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday in Parliament at lunchtime, a few MPs spent an hour debating Homelessness under the heading of “Covid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough Sleepers”. Sadly there were no Sussex MPs involved in the debate although perhaps had it not been … Continue reading →

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Sussex Police deserve Parliamentary appreciation

Posted on November 11, 2020 by ianchisnall

Every day, all police services in the UK are doing a huge amount of very positive work to keep our nation safe. Inevitably by the same token every day as in all settings some mistakes get made and occasionally they … Continue reading →

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Sussex Violence Reduction Unit needs broader involvement

Posted on November 6, 2020 by ianchisnall

Yesterday the Minister of State for the Home Department, Kit Malthouse answered a question which had been written by the MP for Arundel and South Downs, Andrew Griffith. The question was brief and the whole answer was too long for … Continue reading →

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