This is about recognising that the system needs to be improved, and a system which has a payment structure, which encourages adjournments because you get paid more through an adjournment, is going to encourage situations like that.
Defending the new legal aid fee system.
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But my changes are designed to ensure that the system within the District Court is speeded up.
I am not going to apologise for trying to get important measures that are of benefit to the public enacted as quickly as possible.
Because the data in that report is just unanswerable that something needs to be done in the district court.
What I'm trying to ensure is that cases are determined promptly in the district court.
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