Top judge suggests using Skype to cut costs

The new Lord Chief Justice has recommended using Skype and lawyers outside London in order to get cheaper access to justice.

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Giving his first speech after taking up the new post, Lord Thomas spoke warmly of using lawyers outside the English capital. According to the Guardian, he said in a speech to lawyers at Gray's Inn: 'In the age of the internet, of teleconferences, Skype and FaceTime there is no reason why a litigant should not, or could not, properly instruct a lawyer from outside London to work for them at a cost significantly  less than in London but with equality quality experience.' The theme was developed throughout the speech. For instance, he added: 'As lawyers out of London charge less and provision of court accommodation is cheaper, litigation costs are less.'

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