Stupid cuts to Legal Aid

[SirGalahad]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/11/striking-lawyers-legal-underfunding

It’s just that more of them are now attempting to represent themselves, often with only the vaguest idea of what they’re doing, on charges ranging all the way up to murder.

It offers a rough guide to what we can now expect. Unsurprisingly, the gist was that hearings both take longer and cost more when everyone has to keep stopping to explain things to the accused. Some “just sit there like a rabbit in the headlights and haven’t got a clue what’s going on”, as one judge put it; others interrupt constantly even when it’s not their turn to talk, or veer off at wild tangents. Either way it doesn’t sound terribly conducive to getting at the facts.

So justice will become the preserve of the rich?

This is what I don't get about people supporting their party of choice no matter how stupid their policies.

 

[Notch7]

The Law Society Gazette recently highlighted a troubling family court case

The example given in the story is about family courts: some of the worst miscarriages of justice occur in family courts.

I remember 1 case where a family court ruled a family should have its children taken into care. Later it was overuled, but the judge said by then the children were settled in their new hom eso the birth parents were not allowed justice and couldnt have their children back.

Family courts are usually private so can't be reported.

Social services employ the services of 'expert witnesses', some who charges 10 of thousands for a report.

NB -apols for going off topic somewhat, there is no doubt, the underfunding of legal aid means the rich can get justice but the poor cant....thats not a just society.

 

[JohnD]

rather like education and the NHS.

Buffoon Boris and his ilk can afford their own lawyers, schools and hospitals. They aren't concerned about the rest of us.

Can you guess why the councillors from the "rich" end of Kensington didn't care about the "poor" end?

"New Kensington council leader admits she had never been in a tower block before Grenfell tragedy"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...leader-admits-had-never-tower-block-grenfell/

As well as her millionaire's home in Chelsea, she has another millionaire's home bought through a tax-dodging scheme

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...second-home-linked-to-tax-haven-a3595526.html

"We're all in this together" my asre.

 

[sbgasman]

veer off at wild tangent

How on earth did you know that was what johnd was going to do?