My sympathy for reducing our use of jury trials stems largely from the experience of four weeks spent mostly hanging around in jury rooms, interspersed with small periods of time actually sitting on … (View Post)

Thanks Morris. If there was any bias shown by the magistrate in my case it was against the prosecution. As for juries, I am reminded of Bismarck's comment regarding the making of laws and sausages. I… (View Post)

Re Juries I missed the PB discussion on this, if there was one, which I regret because it is an important topic and interests me. I had two spells of jury service and sat on four trials. Three were t… (View Post)

Whenever I see a chess board strategically placed in a promotional photo I always check to see if it is correctly set up. You would be amazed how often the board is the wrong way round. Non-players m… (View Post)

In my school, any sixth former with a pulse....about 66% (View Post)