WATCH📺: On Tuesday, @mwillersqc of @gardencourtlaw outlined to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee the difficulty that will arise from the Bill's vague definitions and the potential no recourse to justice for Gypsies and Travellers. (1/5)
On the vague terms, @mwillersqc said, "...the problem with Part 4 [of the Bill] and the speculation as to whether or not definitions will become crystallised in litigation is that most Gypsies and Travellers will have left the site and will be unable to challenge... (2/5)
...the decision by a police officer to arrest them, given the scenario that would play out under Section 60c. A Gypsy or Traveller...parking on a piece of land with their family...is not going to hang around when threatened with seizure of their vehicle [read: home]... (3/5)
...to argue that they should be entitled to remain on the land, and even if they did, they probably would not get legal aid with which to challenge the application of the Section and their prosecution. (4/5)
...So those circumstances are probably unlikely to see much, if any judicial consideration in the vague terms of Part 4." (5/5)
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