Latest News Release Metric Martyrs Defence Fund ‘Parking Fine Mess’ case now set for the Court of Appeal…Judge Humpty Dumpty’s decision to be challenged. A case came before the High Court 5th July last week, which could ultimately lead to every parking fine in the country being declared invalid…or, alternatively, the Metric Martyrs’ convictions being [...]
They are not fines – so thats fine
July 9, 2006 By
A reasonable précis of the arguments, Mr Booker is a little wrong on the Justice Laws ruling, which was that firstly there was a hierarchy of acts of parliament and secondly “constitutional statutes” could not be changed by implication. Government officials across the land will have heaved a sigh of relief last week at a [...]
Magistrates told Pensioners to “Pay Up or Leave the Country,”
March 18, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Lesley and John Kelly have been withholding a portion of their council tax for the last 3 years, because they object to their money being spent on supporting the unelected South West Regional Assembly. John Kelly says: “Councils neither ask nor inform voters of what they are doing, and this council has never even entertained [...]
The Governments Catch 22
March 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment
The Law is the Law, In response to Council Watcher (Letters, Feb 3), on February 18, 2002, Lord Justice Laws made an unequivocal statement in his High Court verdict denying the Metric Martyrs appeal against conviction that (in the “new legal era” in which we now live) Constitutional Acts, including the Bill of Rights, cannot [...]
A Traitor`s Bill
March 13, 2006 By Leave a Comment
This from Anne Palmer 11.3.2006. A Traitor’s Bill. Known also as the Abolition of Parliament Bill. Officially called The Legislative Regulatory Reform Bill. I would like to draw attention to the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill presently going through Parliament one way [...]
A Pandoras Box of Fixed Penalties
March 1, 2006 By 1 Comment
This is from the web site of Ashley Mote, A Pandoras Box of Fixed Penalties Not for the first time this column is raising an issue of importance that has hardly been mentioned in the national media. In a nutshell it is this: Every fixed penalty levied on us without due process of law is [...]
Bill of Rights Circular sent to all Local Authorities
September 16, 2005 By 1 Comment
Bill of Rights Circular sent to all Local Authorities We have just been forwarded a circular sent (August 05) by NPAS (National Parking Adjudication Service) to all participating Local Authorities. It refers to the case of Higgins v Sefton Borough Council (case no. SF 272) NPAS CIRCULAR 05/05 ISSUED AUGUST 2005 Higgins v Sefton Borough [...]
A Reason for Treason
August 8, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The Telegraph today reports that Islamic extremists who incite violence or praise suicide attacks in Britain could face charges of treason. The head of the anti-terrorism department at the Crown Prosecution Service will meet senior officers at Scotland Yard this week to discuss what charges could be brought against preachers whose endorsement of the suicide [...]
Brown in a Stew over ECJ Tax cases
March 25, 2005 By Leave a Comment
In the main culled from Financial Director In his annual Budget appearance before the Treasury Select Committee, Gordon Brown emphasized the government would be resolute in its attempts to stop companies using European law to eat into government revenues. ‘The UK will defend vigorously any challenge to UK tax law,’ he said. ‘We will take [...]
EU Constitution and the Metric Martyrs Judgment
March 8, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Neil Herron: EU Constitution and the Metric Martyrs Judgment: “To make sure that everyone understands what is being talked about, an explanatory note was added to the final version of the constitution duringthe closing stages of the negotiations. It states: ‘The conference notes that the provisions of Article I-6 reflect existing Court of Justice case [...]
Hunting from
January 28, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Simon Hart on the High Court’s judgement in the Parliament Act challenge As I suggested yesterday the Judges sitting in the Divisional Court did not feel able to uphold our case that the 1949 Parliament Act is invalid. This is no surprise and the case will now go to the Court of Appeal, probably in [...]
The Lady Misinforms the House
November 27, 2004 By Leave a Comment
Even Lady Scotland, does not know what is happening or is trying to misinform the House of Lords, one hopes it is the former, because if it was a deliberate attempt to mislead then how are we supposed to believe anything any politician tells us. Lady Scotland should in fact know that she gave Lord [...]
A Letter from Neil Herron
November 25, 2004 By Leave a Comment
The Letters Editor Daily Telegraph Dear Sir / Madam ‘Silence of the Electoral Commission Lambs’ “Spending rules governing the referendum on the European constitution will give the Government an unfair advantage,” Sam Younger, the chairman of the Electoral Commission, said yesterday Daily Telegraph 25th November). Perhaps it was not Vote No’s threat of court action [...]
Brown could face £20 Billion Tax Bill!
August 24, 2004 By Leave a Comment
The High Court has allowed another legal challenge to the Inland Revenue’s corporation tax rules. Up to now more than 300 international companies have filed legal actions in London, claiming that the government has taxed them on their UK earnings in ways that break European law. The multinationals protest that, for much of the Nineties, [...]
