TODAY`S COURT RESULT: KINGSTON 1 DEPT OF JUSTICE NIL

 

by TheJusticeofthePeace @ 29. Nov. 2010. – 15:17:37

Those involved in almost every magistrates` court threatened with closure have been making representations to the Secretary of State as to why their court should be kept operating. It could be argued that none has been as media savvy as the bench chairman and colleagues at Kingston Magistrates` Court in the leafy suburbs of S.W. London. Amongst their ploys in between televised street demonstrations outside the court building was a Freedom of Information request to ascertain just how much the court cost to run. The reply indicated that the figures being used by the Ministry were……… ooooops……….a little bit over the top. What is most interesting is the civil service speak answer by the robot involved,

Court service official Sean Palmer wrote: “This figure was used so as not to overly complicate the answer with technical accounting explanations.”

Well done Kingston.