Bag's Rants

That Cumbersome Justice Process.

Blair told a summit of social workers at No 10 that the Government's "respect action plan" would bypass cumbersome "judge and jury" court processes and introduce more summary justice. They must lap that up. One is on the spot fines and the other is eviction from your home.
This means you will be penalised by all the existing petty Hitlers out there, plus lots more new ones, and subjected to punishment, I won't call it justice, without facing a trial or review.

In reality that means that you are expected to pay your fine or be evicted then appeal against the conviction if you think it is wrong at your cost.

I can't wait for the first case where someone doesn't pay and is taken to court. Will they then examine the case or just the fact a payment has not been made? Probably a payment not being made. OK, let's wait for the first person to sue. Hope I'm on the jury. If they have one for these cases. The real milestone will be the first one to retaliate. That should cause a rethink.

posted by Bag @ 12:14 pm