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The Maladministration of Justice.

 The Maladministration of Justice. (This episode is relevant to the Lucy Letby Case, because Chester Crown Court allowed Dr Dewi Evans,as a witness, to remotely monitor evidence given by other witnesses so he could adjust his own evidence to fit. This is something staff in most Crown Courts see it as their duty to prevent. Chester Crown Court staff, and at least one of the judges sitting there, were prepared to allow a major breach of proper procedure. This is not a good look as far as the "unthinkable" possibility of corruption is concerned.) It has been known in civil service circles since at least the early 1990s that the root problem with the Administration of Justice in England and Wales is not any of the founding principles of the justice system, so much as maladministration, usually locally within individual courts.  John Major's government decided to actually do something about this (Thatcher and probably also Callaghan had wanted to, but had other vested interest...