9 Mar. 2010. – 10:50:43
Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) went on strike yesterday [continuing today]for the second time in the last few years. I was in court all day yesterday and whatever was happening in the boiler rooms of office administration at the surface disruption was minimal. I do not know how many of our legally qualified and other staff stayed at home but there were no picket lines and a visitor from Mars would have been hard put to detect any change in normal procedures.
Of the six scheduled courts one went down but all trials went ahead. Since the creation of Her Majesty`s Court Service all legal advisers` contracts allow for them to be sent to any court in our cluster and sitting with two such people for the first time was an interesting experience. One had previously been heavily involved in IT in a previous life and her use of the computer on her desk made us sit up in amazement like meerkats in the TV ads at what could be accomplished by one whose fingers moved at warp speed. Our experience in the afternoon sitting was equally stimulating insofar as his authoritative position in front of us and his megaphone tones combined with an encyclopaedic knowledge [not to belittle our regulars] was stimulating for all advocates present as well as the bench.
The top management also took their places in the courtrooms. In fact I think they enjoyed being once again in the thick of it.
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