It is gratifying to note that amongst
the hysteria of gold medals at the Olympic circus damning observations of
courts` efficiencies or lack of them are becoming increasingly frequent. This
will cause a certain discomfort where it is overdue. It has taken some years for
the inevitable daily problems in our courtrooms of which every court
practitioner is only too well aware to become the stuff of media comment. The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons report in May highlighted the continuing breakdown in the courts` system. Since the coalition`s 23% budget reduction for "Justice" in 2010 and annual reductions since then it was hardly rocket science to predict that back room "reorganisations" would soon percolate to the actual courtroom. The oft repeated comments by the Tory
government and its lackeys that reducing inter alia police numbers, courts,
legal aid provision, CPS lawyers and interpreter services as a result of all these
budget cuts could be overcome by increased efficiency has been shown for what it
is; a rash decision with no consideration for the future of our justice system.
What a blessing it is for government every four years when news headlines of gold medals displace stories of political and market turmoil:a modern example of following Nero`s initiative of the circus to distract the plebs. At least this time the cost paid was for the agrandisement of a fallen Brazilian president and not for the vanity of an erzatz political chamelion who felt the hand of history on his shoulder.
Although Mrs May might be going for gold in the Brexit negotiations current problems are not the end of the decline in judicial services still to come. Anybody who thinks otherwise
is in for surprises or shocks depending on their support for current
policies.
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