The Lord
Chancellor, Chris Grayling believes that London
should take its place at the heart of the International Legal community.
These were
his encouraging words ahead of next year’s Global Law Summit –
For those
who are interested this is a major event with high level speakers including
Cherie Booth QC , Aung San Suu Kyi and erm Boris Johnson. It is two day event –
tickets on the door - £1750.00.
Grayling spoke of our long and proud legal tradition. And in one small sense, he is right. As a
country we do seem to have plenty of money to spend encouraging the rich and
powerful to litigate here. We have the Rolls Building
which is certainly a top of the range facility for the highest level commercial
disputes –
The cost of
building that beautiful court would have funded access to legal aid for
thousands of people.
We cannot
claim to be at the heart of any Legal Community whilst substantial numbers of
our citizens have no access to our justice system. Just this week we have seen a
shocking report from the National Audit Office that there has been a doubling
of cases involving children where neither party has legal representation. This
is causing injustice, delay and increased public expense as cases take far
longer.
This report
made the very reasonable comment that – ‘… the MoJ had failed to think
through the impact the changes would have on the wider system…’ We have been
trying to tell them that for the last 4 years.
We have
also seen attacks on the rights of accident victims to recover their full legal
costs alongside a full blown media campaign to demonise those victims.
When it comes to providing a Rolls Royce service for those
who have endless funds to spend, we are right there at the top. When it comes
to providing ordinary people with a means of protecting their rights, most
people find the door well and truly shut in their faces. Until that door is
opened we cannot claim to be at the heart of any justice system worth the name.
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