Soaring Court Fees Could Put Justice Beyond Reach ; There's a Cash Crisis Gripping the Judiciary, Says Rex Makin. Here, the Renowned City Solicitor Gives His Take On How It Came About, and Who's to Blame

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THE famous Victorian librettist, WS Gilbert, who, with his partner Arthur Sullivan, was responsible for the operettas which were the forerunner of the modern musical, was a barrister.

He made frequent allusions to the quirks of the law and those who practised it, not excluding the judiciary, whose behaviour recently has been somewhat Gilbertian.

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Soaring Court Fees Could Put Justice Beyond Reach ; There's a Cash Crisis Gripping the Judiciary, Says Rex Makin. Here, the Renowned City Solicitor Gives His Take On How It Came About, and Who's to Blame

The criminal courts are facing their worst cash crisis in decades, and there is a warning to judges and magistrates of a pounds 90m shortfall in the judicial system.

They have been told of the ...

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