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Did you watch live broadcast from Court of Appeal

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 31 Oct 2013 13:22

Today TV cameras were allowed to record proceedings in The Court of Appeal.

I have just watched the live broadcast and found it very interesting, especially when the presiding judge, before dismissing the appeal, spelt out in detail the courts responses to the arguments that the defendants barrister had put forward for appealing what they considered was to harsh a sentence that had been given to their client.

In the case shown live today Kevin Fisher was seeking an appeal against his seven year sentence for counterfeit money offences. He was jailed in May 2013 over a plot to produce and circulate £1.5 million in pound coins.

I for one think that if we saw more televised court cases, especially a judges summing up of a case and pre-sentence remarks, we might understand better why a judge came to his/her conclusions.

What do you think of allowing court cases or part of the proceedings, for example, the judges summing up of a case and pre-sentence remarks, to be televised ?

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Merlin

Merlin Report 31 Oct 2013 14:36

I did,nt see it but I expect that after a while the Leeches/Barristers/Lawyers will be presenting their bills for TV Appearances to the Legal Aid People.**M**.

Researching:
Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Wend,Prickly,Island,GG.+CC.+DIZZY & Mersey.