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There is something called "law". The CPR is not the "law" The CPR is how the "law" is to be accessed. If you want someone to advise you on the "law" you can instruct a lawyer or do it yourself. A bit like paying an electrician or plumber or mechanic to do work you could do yourself if you had their knowledge and training (except they make more than a lot of us).

I am all for a simpler system but for his idea to work you will have lawyers at the court doing the work instead of lawyers instructed by the parties. This means court fees will be increased dramatically to pay for all the extra staff that are needed.

Not only will this government price individuals out of justice but they (in conjunction with judges who have mostly come from barristers and therefore don't understand what happens on the coal face (a gross generalisation I know)) will also create a system hereby clients cannot get advice.

I think I'll go into the business of suing HCMTS when one of their staff (don't call them lawyers oh no) cocks up.