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Banning magistrates from police panels is nonsense says LGA

Town hall chiefs have branded a decision to ban magistrates from serving on police and crime panels as 'nonsensical'.

By Jamie Hailstone | 10 August 2012

Town hall chiefs have branded a decision to ban magistrates from serving on police and crime panels as 'nonsensical'.

Lord Justice Golding yesterday banned magistrates from standing for election as police and crime commissioners or serving on the new police and crime panels.

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