2nd Reading in Commons of Bill to abolish county courts tomorrow - not that anybody cares....

 The House of Commons reads the Crime and Courts Bill a second time tomorrow - will anybody raise the fate of the humble local county court which is abolished (as we know it) by the terms of this Bill - see here for more...

Good bye county court, I knew thee well...one of my old favourites - Bow (actually up the Romford Road from Stratford town centre) - someone once told me it was the busiest civil court of its type in western Europe - and believe me when its family/possession day on the same day with 7 DJs and 2CJs sitting simultaneously, with half the populations of Tower Hamlets and Newham inside, then it does feel a little much.  I once waited until 8.30pm at night to see a DJ on one busy day.  Will miss when its gone............