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Friday, April 14, 2017
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City MP demands answers BY RUTH SCAMMELL ruth.scammell@sussexpost.co.uk THE MP for Chichester has mounted pressure on the government to provide suitable local justice provision in the city once the crown court closes. Andrew Tyrie has written to the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice this week, asking for answers.
It comes after the government first announced that the combined court would close in February last year. Since then, local solicitors have put up a fight to keep it open - insisting it wasn't acceptable to put cases across the county. THe magistrates court closed in September. But plans to shut the crown court were thrown into doubt when they were put
on hold at the end of last year. THe Ministry of Justice said it would conduct a review into the planned closure. In the letter, to Liz Truss, Mr Tyrie wrote: “Your Department has given repeated assurances – including in the House of Commons – that Chichester’s Combined Crown and County Court would only close once suitable alternative local provision had been put in place.
"Facing the threat of judicial review, your department agreed in December to consider a proposal to keep some local capacity by rehousing the Combined Court in the former Magistrates Court building. THe decision is still pending. "However, evidence has come to light to suggest that the closure of the Crown Court may already be underway." Continues on page seven.
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