If the Dartmoor prison fiasco had occured in parts of Africa, South America or Eastern Europe, this would be treated as some sort of bad joke with immediate reaction that there must be bribery or other corruption involved. Given the parties in this case, that can be ruled out, which leaves us with yet another example of the astonishing incompetence of the civil service. HS2, Ajax tanks are just 2 other current examples amongst many. What on earth has happened?
If that is the case, and the freeholder will not release HMG from the lease, it would appear to be another example of the royal family profiting at the expense of the country.
Well, I believe the long lease came up recently, and a short - something like ten years - extension was agreed, at a time when the prison was occupied. I’m not sure why either party is particularly open to criticism for that. The Duchy was simply operating as a private landlord, which is what it is.
Well, yes, but really the Duchy is profiting from the incompetence of the civil servants it was negotiating with. And they, of course, are not named, shamed and dismissed as they would be of the boot were on the other foot
I am in Northern Ireland and I have no right to legal aid for employment and defamation matters. At the beginning of my journey in the 'justice' system, the Industrial Tribunal and respondents legal team did not inform me of the respondents disagreement with the hearing bundle. I found this out when reading the judgment and that this meant that evidence critical to my case was dismissed from the outset. I also learned of something called a 'speaking note' at the reconsideration stage despite making it clear that I needed a script to read from. Withheld vital information and a withheld vital reasonable adjustment that would have allowed effective participation.
Since then, I have had my right to defend myself and my reputation removed because I am apparently trying to reopen the IT case based on non-considered evidence. Northern Ireland’s Minister of Justice, Naomi Long knows my story, as does the Lady Chief Justice, the Department of the Economy who have oversight of the IT despite significant Art 6 conflicts. Also, the Equality Commission and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Now, because I am attempting to uphold my rights, an act which has itself been consistently used against me, I am once again required to pursue an appeal, wading through intense and complex areas of law in which a litigant in person cannot reasonably or realistically be expected to be effective.
Regrettably, access to legal aid is the least of our problems.
I’ve never quite understood the radon rates in HMP Dartmoor. I have a house 560 metres from the front gate which had an acceptable radon level when I bought it four years ago, and there are plenty of houses nearer than that that people successfully buy and sell, in an areas where conveyancing requires radon tests
Yes, it must be something like that. Thanks for the documents! I was chatting to a prison officer in the post office a couple of months ago who said he was still there as part of the skeleton “security” detail, by which I assumed he meant those stopping people nicking the lead of the roofs and so on.
The Ministry of Injustice groans on.
If the Dartmoor prison fiasco had occured in parts of Africa, South America or Eastern Europe, this would be treated as some sort of bad joke with immediate reaction that there must be bribery or other corruption involved. Given the parties in this case, that can be ruled out, which leaves us with yet another example of the astonishing incompetence of the civil service. HS2, Ajax tanks are just 2 other current examples amongst many. What on earth has happened?
Who owns the freehold of HMP Dartmoor, then?
The Duchy of Cornwall, I believe.
If that is the case, and the freeholder will not release HMG from the lease, it would appear to be another example of the royal family profiting at the expense of the country.
Well, I believe the long lease came up recently, and a short - something like ten years - extension was agreed, at a time when the prison was occupied. I’m not sure why either party is particularly open to criticism for that. The Duchy was simply operating as a private landlord, which is what it is.
Well, yes, but really the Duchy is profiting from the incompetence of the civil servants it was negotiating with. And they, of course, are not named, shamed and dismissed as they would be of the boot were on the other foot
Wow. Two April Fools jokes and it’s not even close to 1 April yet.
Joshua,
I am in Northern Ireland and I have no right to legal aid for employment and defamation matters. At the beginning of my journey in the 'justice' system, the Industrial Tribunal and respondents legal team did not inform me of the respondents disagreement with the hearing bundle. I found this out when reading the judgment and that this meant that evidence critical to my case was dismissed from the outset. I also learned of something called a 'speaking note' at the reconsideration stage despite making it clear that I needed a script to read from. Withheld vital information and a withheld vital reasonable adjustment that would have allowed effective participation.
Since then, I have had my right to defend myself and my reputation removed because I am apparently trying to reopen the IT case based on non-considered evidence. Northern Ireland’s Minister of Justice, Naomi Long knows my story, as does the Lady Chief Justice, the Department of the Economy who have oversight of the IT despite significant Art 6 conflicts. Also, the Equality Commission and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.
Now, because I am attempting to uphold my rights, an act which has itself been consistently used against me, I am once again required to pursue an appeal, wading through intense and complex areas of law in which a litigant in person cannot reasonably or realistically be expected to be effective.
Regrettably, access to legal aid is the least of our problems.
I’ve never quite understood the radon rates in HMP Dartmoor. I have a house 560 metres from the front gate which had an acceptable radon level when I bought it four years ago, and there are plenty of houses nearer than that that people successfully buy and sell, in an areas where conveyancing requires radon tests
Might the age of the prison and the stone with which it was constructed make a difference? The test results are here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/49944/documents/269009/default/
Yes, it must be something like that. Thanks for the documents! I was chatting to a prison officer in the post office a couple of months ago who said he was still there as part of the skeleton “security” detail, by which I assumed he meant those stopping people nicking the lead of the roofs and so on.
Does the prison officer wear HAZMAT gear?
Not in the Post Office! In fact, he's easy to spot, as he is the only prison officer I have ever seen with a pink mohican.
Radon causes pink hair perhaps…