2024-08-14
Perhaps justice is not to be seen to be done these days.
The Family Courts were the first to routinely exclude the public from their proceedings on whatever flimsy excuse the parliamentarians of the day accepted as overriding the ancient maxim that justice must be seen to be done in order for the people to maintain their confidence in the judiciary.
Not to mention in order to protect the innocent from miscarriages of justice that may tear families apart on inadequate grounds unchallenged within the courtroom.
Is public confidence through open justice and protection of the innocent from unjust family dismemberment really less important than the possibility of hurt feelings and public embarrassment?
Crown Courts are of course not Family Courts, nevertheless Durham Crown Court seem to be peculiarly reticent to hear what would seem to be a perfectly normal if relatively minor case over army veteran Michael Humble's dispute with his local school. How could such a minor disagreement escalate into a court case in the first place?
