As Nigel Rumfitt KC points out (in a letter to the Guardian):
'The sole cause of the present mess [in the justice system] is the refusal by successive governments, from New Labour through the coalition to the Tories, to fund the system properly. In particular, the repeated cuts to public funding of barristers & solicitors have led to an exodus from the criminal courts'!
Juryless trials & summary judgments are not the answer; proper funding is needed; justice isn't/cannot be cheap
#RuleOfLaw
'The sole cause of the present mess [in the justice system] is the refusal by successive governments, from New Labour through the coalition to the Tories, to fund the system properly. In particular, the repeated cuts to public funding of barristers & solicitors have led to an exodus from the criminal courts'!
Juryless trials & summary judgments are not the answer; proper funding is needed; justice isn't/cannot be cheap
#RuleOfLaw
