Success for Wychavon fuels fight over magistrates courts
A COUNCIL’s successful fight to prevent a magistrates’ court from closing down has prompted six other local authorities to resist the axing of courts by cash-strapped Magistrates’ Courts Committees (MCCs). Last month Wychavon District Council won its battle to persuade the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine to block the closure of Droitwich and Evesham courts. Since […]