sparks Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 'Justified' kind of infers 'justice'.... well 'justice' will very soon be dead in the UK! The government has accelerated plans to expand secret hearings into civil courts. Rather than moving to the preparatory white paper stage, a justice and security bill will be put through parliament this session. The government has come under severe pressure from MI5 and MI6 to draw up a law imposing a system of secret courts ever since it was disclosed that the security and intelligence agencies had been involved in the brutal treatment, and knew of the torture, of UK residents and citizens detained by the CIA. So-called closed material procedures would allow sensitive evidence to be given in court but not seen by all the participants. Defendants or claimants and their courtroom representatives would be barred from the closed part of the hearing, removing the adversarial nature of the justice system. Two words to describe where this will lead.... Function creep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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