CIVIL JUSTICE: COMING TO A CALL CENTRE NEAR YOU – SOON

February 16, 2016 · by gexall · in Case Management, Members Content, Uncategorized

So 86 courts are to close. The Written Ministerial Statement asserts that "over 97% of citizens will be able to reach their required court within an hour by car". Putting aside the fact that 22% of women and 17% of men live in a household without a car and 65% of single pensioners lack a car. the ...

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Tags: Civil Procedure Rules, costs

2 Responses

Coventry Man · February 16, 2016 at 16:25:49 · →

When the courts close fewer people will use those that remain (as they are difficut to get to) and this will show that this was the right decision. It will also encourage them to carry our more cuts, and before long the only court that is open will be in Bootle, and it will only be open on Tuesdays. Thi will have very few customers, and the system can close entirely.
Job done!
Tim Phipps · February 16, 2016 at 16:25:58 · →

Thanks Gordon, as pertinent as ever.

To quote the song by that not so well known expert in Jurisprudence, Jessie J, âits not about the moneyâ, but for this government it is.

Tim Phipps
Head of Litigation
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