Dominic Regan turns his reforming eye towards the privatisation of the court system
Grayling is a genius. The recent intimation to privatise the courts is a superb idea. The usual whingers have sounded off. How dim they are. We have an opportunity to get lots of much needed loot back into the system. Legal aid practitioners will be able to come off benefits and feed their children more than twice a week.
Subtle sponsorship
It is all about subtle sponsorship and I see myriad opportunities out there. Consider the oath. What is wrong with “I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and I cannot believe it’s not butter”?
Unlike New York, our courts are shut in the evenings. Here is an opportunity to use profitable buildings empty at night so as to create a string of pubs and nightclubs. Even better, anyone drunk, disorderly or violent can be dealt with on the spot the next morning. The police, who seem to have a marked reluctance to stand up these days, would not have to go outside, let alone dash around
