Privatising courts in the UK

[NWO Sentryman]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ivatised-to-save-Ministry-of-Justice-1bn.html

Ok, UK austerity and privatisation is at the stage when Ayn Rand herself would rise from her grave and say "you're going to far!".

 

[geni]

Its been kinda sorta denied:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/28/moj-denies-privatisation-courts-service

 

[Craig B]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ivatised-to-save-Ministry-of-Justice-1bn.html

Ok, UK austerity and privatisation is at the stage when Ayn Rand herself would rise from her grave and say "you're going to far!".

England will have the best justice system money can buy!

 

[P.J. Denyer]

While being strongly against the plans anyway I would like to point out that this is referring to the court buildings or (in the most extreme version) administrative staff, not the judiciary itself.

The changes range from transferring the running and maintenance of court buildings to a private company to more radical proposals such as transferring the 20,000 courts staff into the private sector.

Judges and magistrates would not be affected by the plans.

 

[Mojo]

While being strongly against the plans anyway I would like to point out that this is referring to the court buildings or (in the most extreme version) administrative staff, not the judiciary itself.

Obviously, it'll be cheaper to pay someone else to maintain and staff the court buildings. It isn't as if they would take any profit out of it.

 

[Captain_Snort]

Obviously, it'll be cheaper to pay someone else to maintain and staff the court buildings. It isn't as if they would take any profit out of it.

They will simply outsource it all to an Indian callcentre, "Hello, my name is Roger and I am phoning you from Bangalore about your recent arrest for murder, how do you plead?"

 

[Mojo]

They will simply outsource it all to an Indian callcentre, "Hello, my name is Roger and I am phoning you from Bangalore about your recent arrest for murder, how do you plead?"

Since when did call centre staff volunteer their location?

 

[Captain_Snort]

I think the one I had yesterday did as he was claiming to be from Microsoft and telling me I had been using insecure websites and so had far too many cache files and temporary internet stuff.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Obviously, it'll be cheaper to pay someone else to maintain and staff the court buildings. It isn't as if they would take any profit out of it.

I'm guessing the saving comes because the third party company can employ workers who are not part of the civil service and civil service unions. I'm sure privatising hospital cleaning saved money (at the cost of dirtier hospitals of course).