Legal

2024-01-19

I guess this is a topic in which a large number of motorists will have an interest - if not today, then tomorrow!

With "Low Emission" zones proliferating like the proverbial rabbits, there cannot be many who will never run foul of some restriction or other - even when well signed, it can be well-nigh impossible to scan all the street furniture, identify all the signs, then read and understand them, whilst simultaneously taking care to avoid rear-ending the vehicle in front.

So Martin, having been picked out for driving his (not commercial) van in an area where only private cars are permitted free passage, has decided to contest the claimed infraction on the basis that his van is a private conveyance in all significant respects and is therefore permitted free passage.

Of course, as he digs deeper he uncovers more issues... which seem as if they may have parallels with the Council Tax situation. Quelle surprise!

LaRouchePAC Addresses the State of World Events

2024-01-13

The latest legal exchange between Mr Geddes and the Chief Executive of Durham County Council makes interesting reading (previous reports here).

"This act moves me 2/3 of the way through the three notice estoppel process. This process, once complete, prevents Durham County Council from making any future claim that a council tax liability order exists and that there is an enforceable debt"

Not quite the full works yet, but getting there...

2024-01-12

British barrister Professor Malcolm Shaw KC represents Israel at the ICJ.

(3 hrs 11 mins)

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2024-01-11

Irish lawyer Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC is reportedly part of South Africa’s legal team that has lodged an application against Israel, with respect to their actions in Gaza, in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague.

The allegation is "genocide".

This is her address to the ICJ.

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2024-01-10

From the Ministerial Foreword by the Rt Hon Steve Barclay:

"I have learnt that farming is fundamental to the UK’s rural economy, the environment and of course our food security"

"... I am setting out the biggest upgrade to farming schemes since the UK has had the freedom to design our own schemes"

We voted "Leave" in 2016.

The original Agricultural Transition Plan was published in 2020.

By comparison, Covid struck in January-ish 2020, the Coronavirus Act 2020 (348 pages) had received the Royal Assent by July 2020. 

"... we need to see universal adoption of farming regulatory standards and at least 70% of farmers

2024-01-07

What is the "Occult"? That which is hidden. 

How are things hidden? Behind something else.

Behind what exactly? Behind any one or more of a whole list of items and factors (limited only by the imagination of the sorcerer) that prevent us from seeing it. Including distraction to ensure that the subject pays no attention to the reality...

Fortunately, Alan of Salisbury is at hand to explain.

It's a long list, but presented in two parts, each from a different standpoint - which is required if you are trying to uncover the full situation.

(50 minutes) Part 1: The original presentation:

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2024-01-06

In the aftermath of the Covid imbroglio (not to mention the Nuremberg trials) we are now aware I think that our medical profession (egged on by sundry "experts" government officials and other agencies) fell very short of advising everybody of the real risks of the "emergency use authorisation" "vaccines", with consequences that they seem very keen not to explore.

So it is indeed (as it always was) up to "we the patients" to ask the right questions when we are offered a treatment by "our" NHS, or by any other health practitioner.

But - what are the right questions?

Inevitably perhaps, it's not as clear-cut as we might like, and I doubt very much if anybody is taught about this in school these days (nor were we in my schooldays either). But not asking the right questions (and not recognising unsatisfactory answers!) can have severe life-changing consequences - and it won't be much consolation to be told that that consequence is "very

2024-01-05

Dr Shiva Ayyadurai relates the story of his lawsuit against Twitter (as it was then) for censoring him at the behest of the US government.

There's a lot going on here, but it does illustrate the lengths that "the establishment" goes to in order to cover their tracks.

"... all these guys are part of one collective network of elites... "

"... this is classical limited hangout... " 

"... Elon Musk still has a backdoor portal to Twitter open ! "

"... they do not want us to build a bottom-up movement because that is the only way we will be able to shatter the swarm... "

" Here's what's going on at a much more devious level, that's why we have to waken to this... "

There's a great deal of good sense, good information, and

2024-01-04

Here we have the documented case against the state of Israel, which has been accused of breaching the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

The International Court of Justice in the Hague has scheduled a first hearing on 11th/12th January.

The presenter outlines a long litany of death and destruction which most civilised people may probably agree do amount to genocide.

Whether such destruction is warranted may be confused in the public mind by all manner of considerations, but the legal position is clear - the crime of genocide is never warranted, no matter the provocation.

It's easy to get emotional about such events, but the legal case must be determined in accordance with the transgressions of the

2023-12-31

Continuing the Great TV Licensing Saga, Martin Geddes outlines his case against the Courts for permitting Capita to act as principle in the case of Geddes vs the BBC (AKA "TV Licensing").

It revolves around the identity of "TV Licensing" - is it Capita (a BBC subcontractor) or is it the BBC?

If the latter, then Capita would have no standing in the courts to sue on behalf of "TV Licensing", which is alleged to be a mere trademark of the BBC, and thus of itself not a legal entity.

And Martin has copious evidence to prove his point.

Legal arcanery? Upon such does justice hang in our courts of law. Words are important -  a word out of place may

2023-12-30

Council tax, liability notice, legal requirements...

How can such a simple question become so complex?

Richard Vobes set a hare running with his recent video on "unenforceable" council tax demands, a video which was very promptly "rebutted" by Black Belt Barrister.

To clear up the confusion (further muddy the waters?) PEACE KEEPERS go back to first principles of law below to explain what is lawful and what is not, depending as always upon the precise facts of each case. I recommend reviewing the above two videos before watching their contribution below.

"Acts of Parliament are a collective expression of the multiple mind"

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2023-12-30

Martin Geddes has been busy in 2023 taking his demands for equal justice under the law through the courts for various issues - Council Tax, BBC Licence Fee, plus investigative work on the "Palnackie Pirates".

Neatly foiling my attempts to link articles into a coherent sequence by subject, he today publishes a composite end of year report summarising the status of each of these projects.

Follow Martin's Report here.

2023-12-22

It's not often that I approve of some criminal measure or other that our Government proposes, but I make an exception for these aspects of theEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which introduces a new offence of failure to prevent fraud.

It also introduces some measures designed to protect against vexatious litigation (by those with deep pockets) intended to silence criticism or investigative journalism (by those with shallow pockets), AKA Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

2023-12-15

Julian Assange seems to have been "on ice" in HMP Belmarsh for an extraordinary length of time.

Quite what they are waiting for is unclear, but there is news of a court case pending in New York, involving alleged overreach by US secret service agents, that may have a bearing on the situation.

Redacted reports:

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2023-12-07

Martin Geddes (yes, him again) expands the scope of his reporting, this time to relate a depressing story of power withheld, and indeed justice withheld.

We have been following his battles over the TV licence fee and the supposed obligation to pay Council Tax, but this is a new twist; although I guess we shouldn't be surprised that there are other allegedly legal obligations that are conflicted in similar manner.

Happily he hasn't sought to take on this battle himself, but reports on another's quest to maintain power supply to his home with a supplier of his choice.

"It is a genuine scandal, and forms part of a much bigger scandal of how power companies treat us like serfs and ignore the law with impunity"

"This is the critical point: NONE of these entities had any power to act whatsoever"

I can't imagine that any major power company

2023-12-03

Is Ireland trailblazing the shape of things to come in the EU (& UK once David Cameron has taken us back in)?

It's your view that counts.

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2023-11-25

Martin Geddes asks how our system of government became corrupt, and notes how that corrupt system was legally ended with the execution of King Charles I. You may argue that what followed was no better, but that doesn't invalidate the legal principle, it merely describes the result at the time.

Martin then enlightens us about an Act of Parliament passed in 1649, which may open a whole new can of worms...

In the mention of this he states:

"So 'we the people' are sovereign, and act as principal, delegating this sovereignty to government, our agent"

Well, not as I understand it, although this does bring out another aspect of the corruption of our constitutional arrangements: Government and Parliament are emphatically not the same thing.

Under the separation of powers, Parliament proposes legislation which is then

2023-11-22

I'm all for rational debate, but when the emotions overrule the preparedness to listen, rational debate becomes... difficult.

The Israel vs Hamas debate has a high emotional content on both sides which doesn't actually facilitate the exchange of ideas and arguments in reasoned debate, because the protagonists are far more focused on making their own points than on listening to their opponents points and forming rational responses.

Surely this is why we have rules of debate in parliaments and in the United Nations that focus on allowing each in turn to have their say, uninterrupted.

When reporters take sides and become emotionally driven protagonists in the debate, journalism suffers. If their audience is to have a fair chance to calmly weigh the pros and cons presented by each side, then they need to conduct themselves to favour rational debate over and above the need to score points for "their team".

Still,

2023-11-21

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