Upcoming Cases at Cambridge Magistrates Court

The request was refused by HM Courts and Tribunals Service.

This is a freedom of information request for information held by HM Courts Service,

With respect to Cambridge Magistrates Court could you please release the dates, times, parties involved, and type of hearing with respect to upcoming:

1. Appeals against Cambridge City Council licensing decisions.

2. Cases involving breaches of the by-laws of the River Cam.

3. Cases where the police, NHS, or local councils are a party to a case.

In addition could you please let me know if the Cambridge Magistrates Court routinely alert the media to cases expected to be of public interest; and if so provide me with a list of such cases.

I believe the information I am seeking is subject to the Freedom of Information Act, it does not appear to me to be covered by the exemption in section 33 of the act which excludes "court records". I am seeking information held by the courts service, not court documents themselves.

Many thanks,

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Richard Taylor
Cambridge
http://www.rtaylor.co.uk

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Freedom of Information Request FOI/64218/10

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18-MAR-10 Our Ref:FOI/64218/10

Dear Richard Taylor,

SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

Thank you for your correspondence of March 15, 2010, in which you asked
for information about Cambridge Magistrates Court under the Freedom of
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Dear Mr. Taylor,

Please find attached a response to your recent request for information
from HMCS.

Kind regards,

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