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I've managed to get hold of a White Paper, and it sets out a clear plan for the future.

When charged, defendants will have the right to plead guilty, at which point they will be sentenced by magistrates no matter what the offence. Clerks to the court will be abolished and replaced by an automated Daily Mail headline generator. Upon conviction, the offender will be taken to a private prison which will summarily assume title to the offender's estate entire, to be liquidated in order to pay dividends to the prison's shareholders.

There's also a plan to reverse and rename legal aid, under which proposal those firms pledging the most money will win the right to a new Criminal Aid franchise...