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Court Official Sacked for Whistleblowing on Portuguese Magistrate Sues MoJ
The legal adviser says remote hearings may have made thousands of convictions invalid after the practice lost its legal basis in 2022.
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Magistrate ‘dispensed justice from Portugal home’, says whistleblowing official
Chris John blew the whistle on a magistrate sitting on Single Justice Procedure cases by dialling in from Portugal. A court official who says he was sacked for whistleblowing about a magistrate dishing out justice from Portugal is suing the Ministry of Justice for unfair dismissal. Chris John said he was “shocked” to find magistrate Phil Taylor dialling in from his home near to the Portuguese capital of Lisbon to decide on criminal cases at Read…
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Total News Sources4
Leaning Left2Leaning Right0Center1Last Updated67% Left
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
67% Left
L 67%
C 33%
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