Team effort – Unlawful "Head H" bailiff fees for the attention of MoJ

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Have you considered Misconduct In A Public Office, Outlawla?

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Outlawla,

 

There are three Common Law offences, which are still in force, and which might be useful to you -

 

1. Conspiracy to Defraud - This should not be confused with Conspiracy under Section 1, Criminal Law Act 1977, which has a narrow scope. The offence of Common Law Conspiracy to Defraud has a much wider scope and covers offences involving real estate (land and property);

 

2. Misconduct in A Public Office - Those who are at risk of falling foul of this offence include: Customs Officers, Borders Agency Staff, Local Government Officers, Civil Servants, Police Officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), Judges, Highways Agency officials, DVLA staff, Driving Examiners, County Court Bailiffs;

 

3. Perverting the Course of Justice - Making a false report to the police can be enough to commit this offence. Basically, all that need happen is that the offender makes a allegation to the police that someone has committed an offence with the intention that the person be arrested and/or prosecuted or reckless as to whether they be arrested and/or prosecuted, knowing the allegation to be false or reckless as to its veracity. If the person against whom a false allegation has been made is arrested and/or prosecuted as a result, this would be aggravating factors. Perverting the Course of Justice can take other forms.

 

Take a look at CPS Legal Guidance for information on the points to prove for each offence.

 

Hopes this helps.

 

As far as the Slaphead of State for Work and Pensions goes, he needs to be pressed as to why no action is taken against JCP staff who tell claimants to not mention ages and medical conditions on job applications and threaten to sanction such claimants if they don't comply. I had someone come to me after a JCP adviser told them not to mention in a job application they were in their late 50s and had a medical condition. The claimant revealed the JCP adviser's "advice" to the prospective employer who thanked him for his honesty and revealed that failure to disclose the medical condition would have potentially invalidated his Employer's Liability Insurance, rendering him liable to a possible £70,000 fine and a criminal record to boot. Notwithstanding, the claimant could also have been prosecuted for Fraud by Failing to Disclose Information.

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You're welcome, Outlawla.

 

The important bits are under the main heading Definition of The Offence. This shows the elements that have to be present in order to provide grounds to suspect that an offence has been committed and the points to prove in order to provide grounds for prosecution and conviction.

 

The link you have posted is, indeed, the relevant webpage for one of the offences I mentioned.

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Be aware that the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 came into force on 13 April 2015. Section 26 of the Act deals, specifically, with corrupt or improper exercise of police powers and privileges. This is a link to the provision - http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/section/26/enacted

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I can confirm the provision is already having a desirable effect on corrupt and malfeasant police officers. Since coming into force on 13 April 2015, I know of incidents where police officers of the ranks of Constable, Sergeant and Inspector have read printouts from http://www.legislation.gov.uk.

 

Three (3) Constables' faces went white as sheets after reading printouts and they left hastily;

One (1) Sergeant nearly fell off his chair. And he wasn't laughing either;

One (1) Inspector read it and and the look on his face indicated there was a possibility he had messed himself. Another Inspector, on being made aware of the legislation, voiced concern that senior officers had not made frontline officers aware of the provision or arranged any training. This Inspector, incidentally, was a reasonable person and indicated he was going to challenge senior officers about their apparent failure to arrange training.

 

The prospect of 14 years' imprisonment is a very sobering revelation for serving police officers.