Begum Appeal

Who pays costs for these appeals? hope it's not legal aid.

Watching TV and some do gooder, liberal/leftie journo making a point that Begum at age 15/16 didn’t have the maturity, experience or common sense to make up her own mind at the time when she went off to join ISIS. At least the other panellist made the point that if that’s the case why are the parties left of centre including the SNP pushing for lowering the voting age to 16. Even more to the point Begum at 16 was described as aforementioned, clueless and unable to understand her own mind or make informed decisions but Greta Thunberg at the same age was regarded as a font of all knowledge, listened to intently and treated as a well balanced informed ‘adult’. Strange…….!

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Originally Posted by davydook

Who pays costs for these appeals? hope it's not legal aid.

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Pretty sure it is.

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Originally Posted by Dodbroon

Watching TV and some do gooder, liberal/leftie journo making a point that Begum at age 15/16 didn’t have the maturity, experience or common sense to make up her own mind at the time when she went off to join ISIS. At least the other panellist made the point that if that’s the case why are the parties left of centre including the SNP pushing for lowering the voting age to 16. Even more to the point Begum at 16 was described as aforementioned, clueless and unable to understand her own mind or make informed decisions but Greta Thunberg at the same age was regarded as a font of all knowledge, listened to intently and treated as a well balanced informed ‘adult’. Strange…….!

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They want it any way that suits their narrative at any particular point in time and on any given topic.

Eight year old boys can decide they're girls and can be given life altering (or destroying IMO) drugs. But any sane adult who challenges that decision is branded a transphobe, bigot or told they simply don't understand. Too fkn right, any sane adult couldn't understand that sort of nonsense.

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Originally Posted by Dodbroon

Pretty sure it is.

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So a lawyer/solicitor can just keep appealing decisions made by the courts to line their own pockets?

I have always maintained that all these lawyers/solicitors who appeal these clear guilty cases should be made to pay a bond (say £50,000) if they are to appeal,if they lose the appeal they lose their bond as well. Wouldn't see so many appeals then.

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Originally Posted by davydook

So a lawyer/solicitor can just keep appealing decisions made by the courts to line their own pockets?

I have always maintained that all these lawyers/solicitors who appeal these clear guilty cases should be made to pay a bond (say £50,000) if they are to appeal,if they lose the appeal they lose their bond as well. Wouldn't see so many appeals then.

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Good plan. The solicitors would insist on getting that bond from their clients, because they wouldn't pay it themselves, and that would be that - appeal dead in the water.

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Originally Posted by Deeranged

Good plan. The solicitors would insist on getting that bond from their clients, because they wouldn't pay it themselves, and that would be that - appeal dead in the water.

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So if you are wrongly found guilty you will need to get money (say £50000) to appeal. Would you get away with delaying payment then eventually paying 6p for every £1

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Originally Posted by ROMA84

So if you are wrongly found guilty you will need to get money (say £50000) to appeal. Would you get away with delaying payment then eventually paying 6p for every £1

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You're on the wrong thread man. You're supposed to be coming back with your idea of which if your players would get into our team. One thing at a time........

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Originally Posted by ROMA84

So if you are wrongly found guilty you will need to get money (say £50000) to appeal. Would you get away with delaying payment then eventually paying 6p for every £1

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Wow, tap banter.

This lassie is evil.

How auld do you have to be to ken beheading folk is sick......6 or 7 ?