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this would be the funniest joke of the century if it wasn't so serious. Once again, Parliament and the civil service have decided to bash lawyers. The law of unintended consequences is, as any practitioner in the County Court will know, is that with no legal aid far too many cases get issued and each of those cases takes twice as long and simply serves to clog up the court system. I take my hat off to the staff at the County court desks dealing with the public. Instead of having a proper look at the cost benefit analysis legal aid is further cut, the court service no longer offers a service instead you have to make an appointment to see somebody at the counter, the judges are taking the lead and being extraordinarily robust and therefore creating more appeals. It seems to me that in a functioning democracy the court service has to work and to be properly available to litigants regardless of their financial status.a lot of this is of course a direct consequence of those solicitors who fundamentally abused the legal aid system in order to make a quick buck, remember those firms who handed out trainers to residents of estates in the north-east if they signed a green form? My concern is that the MPs don't have a clue, practitioners are having to explain to their client why the court service doesn't work, the judiciary are facing a deluge of cases which should never get off the ground all in all there is no justice which can only be bad.

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