Post by nickd on Jun 1, 2012 20:56:32 GMT 1
Freeing legal services of red tape
A bit late isn't it?
It is with deep shame that the Ministry of Justice has waited until its wicked LASPO bill passed to an enactment before coming forward with this new found wish to free legal services of the red tape which has crippled legal aid for years. Perhaps if the MOJ had more seriously looked at cutting so much of the crazy bureaucracy which goes with legal aid we would not be in the shameful position we are in today where social welfare law has become the scapegoat for the cuts which the MOJ now chooses to impose. Far greater savings could have been made out of conducting a 'reduction in red tape exercise' within the entire criminal/civil legal aid sector before the MOJ announced its savage plans.
It's rather strange how red tape can be readily removed to suit the economic growth orientated aims of government - yet punitively imposed upon decent citizens in ensuring they have less than minimalist rights when contesting the State. It is noteworthy that the MOJ carries on with its obsessive red tape financial stewardship prosecution of providers within the social welfare legal aid sector. Their wilful objective is all too clear, 'if we can't shut them up we'll make sure we put them out of business' - anything to ensure the least able in society can't get a legally aided foot in court.
Red tape will magically disappear in corporate law led circles where it's quite plainly the agenda of the MOJ to do all it can to ensure profitability is afforded by a dangerous obsession with throwing away the rule book to suit its ambitious aims.
Some things are better sorted out in Court; be they matters for the rich or poor. Let a judge preside over legislation rather than allow it to be settled over cosy lunches between our friends in corporate law and those who walk through the corridors of power.