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“It is because of a combination of a culture of secrecy, illiberal rules and casual obstructions. It is quite difficult to find out what is happening even in cases of fundamental public importance.”
Excellent from @davidallengreen
Excellent from @davidallengreen
“The fiction is that justice is open unless there is a reason for a lack of transparency.”
Whilst Supreme Court and some Court If Appeal hearings are televised the bulk of cases are heard in lower courts.
Court reporters are a dying breed. Transcripts expensive.
Whilst Supreme Court and some Court If Appeal hearings are televised the bulk of cases are heard in lower courts.
Court reporters are a dying breed. Transcripts expensive.
Legal aid cuts mean that access to legal advice is much curtailed
Meanwhile judges are called “enemies of the people” and decent lawyers “fat cats” in part because the legal system is not sufficiently transparent so too many people do not understand well enough what is happening
Meanwhile judges are called “enemies of the people” and decent lawyers “fat cats” in part because the legal system is not sufficiently transparent so too many people do not understand well enough what is happening
