Wells Courts Closure

By mow633 | Thursday, March 25, 2010, 11:12

We all knew this was coming....indeed it even makes some sense that the Courts have closed....the modern world and all that. However, it is typical of this Government not even to acknowledge the service history of Wells and other towns to the Courts Service.

This link is the official document ref. closure http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/announcement180310a.htm. It is as dead-pan as you can make press releases!

Wells has hosted the Courts over many centuries - the service it has provided (esp. in it's current building which is now the Town Hall) is credible and worthy.

Perhaps the Government doesn't care about previous service of any thing or any body! In which case, when this bunch are removed from office in May - this Labour Administration (97-10) will be no more than a bland footnote; they deserve to be nothing more!!

Pass the black caps please Usher.......

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Link should now be working!!

Agree that the Courts should be local....indeed there was (my understanding) a willingness from the City Council to discuss options for upgrading the Court facility and Town Hall at the same time.

Budget wise, they most prob made the right choice in the end....however, justice has never been about costs (within reason)!!

I still feel it's shocking how the Government has just dismissed hundreds of years of loyal Court hosting in the city....and it's all dismissed the same way the a building built in the 70's has been!!

By mow633 at 11:15 on 25/03/10
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Some people charged with crimes are also found to be innocent TimothyL12 (and therefore not criminals)! Also Licensees and others requiring legal authenticity for their jobs. mow633 your link has a problem - I am not sure I have found the actual final doc you are referring to because the full link is obscured due to it's length. Is it this one? tinyurl.com/ybx7c7l If you want to amend it - hi-light the words eg 'official statement ref closure and then paste the link into the 1st box. I wonder what the authorities would consider a 'reasonable distance' to travel & is the Frome one also at risk of being closed in the future?

By Wells_Jaqui at 11:18 on 24/03/10
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I have to say that closing the courts in another sign of centralisation when everyone in the real world wants things more localised! People might say "so what if criminals have to travel further to go to court?" However, they are forgetting the witnesses who now have the added hassle of travel to what will already be a traumatic experience.

By TimothyL12 at 19:16 on 23/03/10
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