Comments on: Solicitor sues the court! http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2008/07/24/solicitor-sues-the-court/ From landlord and tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: William Flack http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2008/07/24/solicitor-sues-the-court/comment-page-1/#comment-126 William Flack Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:38:00 +0000 http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/?p=167#comment-126 I agree with you that Courts Service is providing an appalling service and that the main reason that complaints are down is that people have given up complaining. <br/><br/>I had a look at your suggestions for fund raising. I don't want to be negative but judging by the quality of the letters I receive from the Courts I don't think that they could produce proper newsletters. I for one would not be prepred to pay £250.00 for an annual subscription even if they could. Equally I don't think that the guided tours would get much interest. The business centre idea though is excellent. If the courts were to rent out certain parts of their buildings and provide facilities for lawyers for meeting clients this would be a very useful service which I would definitely be happy to pay for. <br/><br/>At the end of the day though I do think that the government should be funding the Courts so that they can provide an adequate service. The maintenance of a civil justice system as well as law and order in the criminal sense is key government function. I agree with you that Courts Service is providing an appalling service and that the main reason that complaints are down is that people have given up complaining.

I had a look at your suggestions for fund raising. I don’t want to be negative but judging by the quality of the letters I receive from the Courts I don’t think that they could produce proper newsletters. I for one would not be prepred to pay £250.00 for an annual subscription even if they could. Equally I don’t think that the guided tours would get much interest. The business centre idea though is excellent. If the courts were to rent out certain parts of their buildings and provide facilities for lawyers for meeting clients this would be a very useful service which I would definitely be happy to pay for.

At the end of the day though I do think that the government should be funding the Courts so that they can provide an adequate service. The maintenance of a civil justice system as well as law and order in the criminal sense is key government function.

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