ISTR that In some legal matters there has to be a certain timescale in which the allegation is made otherwise no further legal action can be taken
Obviously not for stuff like murder and violence (we all see news reports where some OAP is carted out of a nursing home in handcuffs for some crime he committed in their youth) – but I wonder if there is a time limit for relatively minor summary (non arrestable) offences such as PEL prosecutions?
The reason I ask is I am concious that many of the posts on here are often heavy political stuff, and I would love to start doing party reviews again but there is the obvious danger of incriminating people now… when you say “xxx rig was at yyy party” its a bit of soft intelligence that CPS lawyers could use [in conjunction with their own photo evidence from helicopters and EGTs] to launch a PEL prosecution.
But if they can’t do anything about a party which happened 2 years ago then it would be OK to write reviews, upload photos etc…..
perhaps we should all change our sigs to contain some kind of disclaimer
I for one will be wearing a false beard to future events…just in case.
(apologies for lowering tone….can’t find the real answer)
(apologies for lowering tone….can’t find the real answer)
the answer could well be different for you lot anyway.. – licensing laws may be slightly different due to devolution?
thats a good point anyway; have any of the protestors from England thought about this?
ISTR reading somewhere that squatting is an arrestable criminal offence in Scotland as are other forms of trespass (unlike England and Wales where it is still a civil offence)
would this affect protests as well? It would seem pointless to go all the way up there only to end up being “taken awa’ by the polis, brought afore the fiscal and gralloched” or whatever happens to “naughty people” in your country… or worse, being bailed to go back up there (another expensive journey, but if you do not you will get breached and that can be more serious than the original “crime!”)
@General Lighting]thats a good point anyway have [b wrote:
any[/b] of the protestors from England thought about this?
ISTR reading somewhere that squatting is an arrestable criminal offence in Scotland as are other forms of trespass (unlike England and Wales where it is still a civil offence)
I don’t have time right now to go into them right now (I will tonight)….but speaking from experience don’t try squatting in Scotland unless you know the law through and through. Trespass isn’t a problem as there isn’t actually a trespass law up here….technically (although Iwouldnt reccomend trying it) you could walk through peoples gardens as long as you didnt damage anything.
i was slightly worried about this, as the crew hasnt been that active in the woods for a while, and previously details of the events have been up on the web. since the pel laws have changed, i am not so confident in putting up party pics, reveiws of parties, etc. i know the police have my details as ive been threatened with a few court summonses, but they have never knocked on my door or rang me up after the event, which i have kind of been expecting.
loons point about aliases and misinformation, or the blurring of boundaries between fact and fiction is probably nesseccary these days. the problem is, if you misinform the popo, you can end up misinforming the ravers, which is just counter-productive.
since “native beats” has also been used for legal clubnights recently, i cant help but think that makes it easier for them to pin us down as organisers of less legal events.
i wish i knew what sort of thing the law will use as evidence. its a bastard shame the big court case is delayed fra year, we could all drop ourselves in it in the meantime…
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