Comments by "Paul Gibbons" (@paulgibbons2320) on "The Secret Barrister: is it only the rich who can afford to defend themselves?" video.

  1. The family court system is a disgrace. I lost contact with my kids for no reason at all. She had a solicitor laid on I could not afford one. It's effected the whole of the rest of my life. Only women who claim domestic abuse gain legal aid so solicitors have being encouraging false accusation like what we have seen in the Ambre heard trial. Women are regularly making unsubstantiated claims. The quantities of money they charge are completely out of step with what people can afford to pay. Who could afford to pay a solicitor on top of rent payments or a mortgage? Very few. If your not earning 50-70k a year you can forget about court. Never wondered why drug dealers get an easy ride in court? They are they only people who can afford solicitors fees.
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  2. If ever there was an institution which needed a socialist solution it is our court rooms. They should be on a pay scale like civil servants. Why have Labour never proposed it?
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  3. A system built by the corrupt for the use of the corrupt. The fact that legal workers have not taken huge action before now means they have all been hugely complicit in it.
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  4. I have not forgotten.
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