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A legal beagle* once explained to us that Assault was a threat or implication of hitting someone whereas battery was actually striking them.
Sometimes I dont know if he was a legal beagle* or if the press find assault more "sexy" to explain someone getting hit.
*Note said legal beagle was delivering a lecture as part of an instructors course for first aid about the legal status of being sued over treatment etc etc
There was your first mistake, you were taking legal advice from a dog.
What I mean is he was introduced as one, said he was one, sounded like one etc but we didnt ask to see his Law Courts Registration (or whatever it is they use)
The only thing that causes confusion is the press definition of assault as opposed to legal definition.
Is there any particular reason why so many Courts Martial are being reported in the Newspapers in the last week?
Thats 3 recently by my count, maybe the press, having attended the one high profile one, decided that court (martial) reporting is "sexier" than plain old court reporting?
It's probably an area that has recently come to the attention of some journalists and it's a bit like a new toy. All this area of military justice being carried on behind high walls, etc.
I'm not a number, I'm a free man.
Who is number 1?
Is there any particular reason why so many Courts Martial are being reported in the Newspapers in the last week?
You would want to ask our resident and esteemed Journalist
and I reckon him and the boys will be well used to canteen tea in the forthcoming future
Court-Martial Diary
•The Summary Court-Martial sitting at the Naval Base, Haulbowline, County Cork at 1030am on Friday 26 March 2010 (Trial).
•A Limited Court-Martial sitting at the Military Justice Centre, McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 at 1030am on Tuesday 13 April 2010 (Trial).
•The Summary Court-Martial sitting at Collins Barracks, Cork at 1100am on Monday 19 April 2010 (Trial).
•A Limited Court-Martial sitting at the Military Justice Centre, McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 at 1030am on Tuesday 20 April 2010 (Trial).
•A Limited Court-Martial sitting at the Military Justice Centre, McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 at 1030am on Thursday 06 May 2010 (Trial).
•The Summary Court-Martial sitting at the Military Justice Centre, McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 at 1030am on Tuesday 18 May 2010 (Trial).
•A General Court-Martial sitting at the Military Justice Centre, McKee Barracks, Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin 7 at 1030am on Thursday 20 May 2010 (Trial).
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
a: severity of alleged offence/which section of the Act has alleged to have been breached
b: punishment it can award
c: rank [?] of offender
d: how the accused has , if given a choice, elected to be tried.
I imagine trellheim has it about right. In a civil court, a summary triel tends to be in hte district court in front of a judge only (no jury) mostly for offences that attract up to two years imprisonment - traffic offences, minor theft, assault, public order, etc.
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