COMMENT: Back our campaign to keep justice in Kendal
IT IS not so many years ago that magistrates courts were held throughout South Lakeland and Eden, with courts in places like Windermere, Hawkshead, Kirkby Lonsdale and Penrith, as well as at Kendal....
View ArticleFury over Kendal court closure threat - Gazette launches Keep Justice Local...
CAMPAIGNERS have warned plans to close Kendal Magistrates Court and County Court will leave hundreds of people without access to local justice.
View ArticleReaders join Gazette's call to Keep Justice Local
SCORES of local people have backed the Gazette's campaign urging the Government to reconsider closing Kendal's criminal and civil court.
View ArticleKEEP JUSTICE LOCAL: Why Kendal's court should be kept open by Milne Moser...
LITIGATION solicitor Rachel Broughton, of Milne Moser, Kendal, is one of a group of lawyers campaigning to keep Kendal Magistrates and County Court open . The building is one of 91 courts across the...
View ArticleLETTER: Kendal Magistrates' Court should be kept open
Here we go again. Money has to be saved so, once more, we will take it out of Kendal (Gazette, July 23, 'Kendal Court threat fury').
View ArticleKeep Justice Local campaign to keep court open is backed
A FORMER relief foster carer has backed The Westmorland Gazette’s campaign to keep Kendal’s court open, saying it is a ‘vital’ service for teenagers and young adults.
View ArticleClosing Kendal’s court will mean more evictions, housing solicitor warns
CLOSING Kendal’s court will lead to more families being evicted from their homes, a local housing solicitor has warned.
View ArticleLETTER: Justice must be for all
I read the article 'Court closure to hit tenants' (Gazette, August 27) and the Podium by the Rev Nick Devenish titled 'It is right that we should celebrate Magna Carta' (Gazette, July 2).
View ArticleLETTER: Local justice badly hit by devastating decision
What devastating news! It was announced on February 11 that the Minister of Justice has seen fit to order the closure of the Kendal courthouse, thereby depriving every single person living in South...
View ArticlePlea to keep Kendal court open is dismissed
A LAST ditch bid to save Kendal court from closure has been dismissed by the Government.
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