Cuts in the Courts System - Shrinking the Magistrates' Courts or the Courts Service?

What policy will best promote a 'big society'?

On Wednesday 16th March Stanley Brodie QC and David Howarth, an academic lawyer and former Lib Dem Shadow Justice Secretary, discussed the Coalition's plans to cut around one third of the magistrates' courts. They considered such questions as:

• Will the plan meet the government’s aims of reducing costs?
• How can cutting magistrates’ courts be consistent with promoting the voluntary sector and the 'big society'?
• What will the consequences of change for justice and the courts system be?
• What alternative solutions are there?
• How should the government proceed to promote its own aims and ensure access to justice?

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