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Legal observers?

Winston Smith | 25.03.2009 10:39 | G20 London Summit | Indymedia | Workers' Movements

Is any one facilitating

Legal observers for any/all of next week,any details ?

Winston Smith

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LDMG will be observing and distributing bust cards

25.03.2009 11:07

Climate campers will also probably have their own, it's good to be self-sufficient.

Legal Defence & Monitoring Group
Homepage: http://www.ldmg.org.uk/

bustcard updated?

25.03.2009 13:15

I've just been to the ldmg website and downloaded the bustcard. It says:
'Changes to Legal Advice at the Police Station. (Until 20/4/08)
You are entitled to free legal advice after you have been booked in at the police station. The police should ask whether you want legal advice and if you have a prefered soliicitors.. They will then contact the Defence Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC) who will call your solicitor or the Duty Solicitor. An Advisor should be sent to the Police station if you have been arrested for an imprisonable offence, if you are to be interviewed or if you need an appropriate adult with you. However, if the above points are not met you may only get advice over the phone.
This does not affect your right to consult a solicitor if you pay for one yourself (though they must also be contacted via the DSCC.)
These rules only apply until Hitler's 119th birthday. From 21/4//08 new and worse conditions will apply!'

Are there any 'new and worse conditions' now them?

question

Climate Camp bust cards

25.03.2009 15:12

Climate Camp Legal Support Team is organising legal observers for the camp and has produced bust cards. For pdf version see:

http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/g20/legal

Climate Camp legal support

even newer bustcard

25.03.2009 16:32

"Changes to Legal Advice at the Police Station. You are entitled to free legal advice after you have been booked in at the police station. The police should ask whether you want legal advice and if you have a prefered soliicitors. They will then contact the Defence Solicitor Call Centre (DSCC) who will call your solicitor or the Duty Solicitor. If they cannot contact your solicitor within 2 hours the DSCC will contact the duty solicitor instead. Whether someone comes to the police station to advise you or you get advice on the phone from Legal Defence Service Direct depend on whether the offence is imprisonable,, if you are to be interviewed and if you need an appropriate adult with you. This does not affect your right to consult a solicitor you pay for yourself ."

http://www.ldmg.org.uk/files/bustcard.pdf

Thanks for pointing that out.