OT Magistrate expenses

If one was to become a Magistrate say in Oxford, and ones
employer was allowing unpaid time off to train how would
one find out what expenses they could claim for?

I know you can clain fuel and suchlike, but losing ones salary
might prove expensive.

Damed if i can find the rates.

Thanks
Alan

(yes me)

 

Ask "Bystander", poster on uk.legal and author of
http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/

Loss of salary isn't an "expense".
An "expense" is money that you've directly spent in order to be there &
do that. Travel costs, accomodation etc.

 

I know that, I phrased it incorrect, what I meant was you can claim for
loss of earnings at a set rate, I would like to know what the set rate is.

Thanks
Alan

 

So, you're going to be one of those that sits there sipping cups
of tea whilst the Clerk does all the work, eh?

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJu...4?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=80463&Rendition=Web
should open a pdf file titled "SERVING AS A MAGISTRATE". Page 7

"ALLOWANCES
As a magistrate, you are not paid for
carrying out your duties. You can, however,
claim allowances (within specified limits)
for travel, subsistence and financial loss,
such as loss of earnings."

and a quick google gets this
http://www.magistrates-association....-allowances/magistrates-allowances-1.8.08.pdf

 

Why would you want to do that?

 

You can be assured it's not a lot, which is a contributory reason a lot
of mags are retired or fairly ok financially and can afford to do it for
peanuts.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Cane

I have to say that it's always struck me as one of those jobs where the
desire to do it ought to be a disqualification.

 

Yes, there is something of the 'Captain Mainwaring' about it. In fact,
Alan bares more than a passing ressemblence to Arthur Lowe.

 

s/peanuts/"shits 'n giggles"

 

Or unemployed people....

 

Can't you just imagine Burnt sat up on the bench, handing out
sentences to miscreants?

Yes, I see your point.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

"Why is he putting that black cap on?"

 

Like being a serving member of the government, you mean?

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<mind bleach>

 

Correct, but ever since doing my duty on jury service and putting
a scrote down for three years for persistent burglary and one for
life for murder the legal side of things has always facinated me.

So if i get through the interviews and training I shall sit and ponder
upon people's misdoings.

Alan

Arthur Lowe.....right tho.

 

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Magistrate eh?

What motivated you to do that? Doesn't it make you feel a bit of a
****?

 

Hmm.. Amusing enough but...

I'm not a supporter of capital punishment and would rather stick pins in
myself than be a magistrate.

 

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and sound judgment, and commitment and reliability. You must be able to
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