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CILEx quizzes Grayling

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11 June 2014
Issue: 7610 / Categories: Legal News
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Justice Secretary Chris Grayling came under fire at the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) annual dinner last week when CILEx President Stephen Gowland told him he was “unconvinced” by his support for the Magna Carta.

Gowland said: “We are not convinced with how on-board you are with the principles described in the Magna Carta. Legal aid, judicial review and many other instruments are an expression of a principle that have defined our country; that of access to justice.”

Grayling retorted by questioning whether the system could be said to be working well when a shell company can bring a judicial review over the discovery of the remains of Richard III in a car park. 

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