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Delay in ruling over library closures

30.09.11 | Benedicte Page

Judgement has been reserved in the judicial review hearing into library closures in Somerset and Gloucestershire, which concluded in Birmingham yesterday [29th September].

No indication was given by Mr Justice McKenna of when judgement would be given, but the usual time frame in judicial review cases ranges between three weeks and three months.

The delay in judgement indicates that the judge considers the case merits detailed consideration. Meanwhile the injunction against the closure of six Somerset libraries, originally scheduled to go ahead on 1st October, will continue.

Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries campaign group said they had received emails and tweets of support throughout the hearing, both from people in Gloucestershire and around the UK. "It has meant a lot during this very tough week and reminds us why we have fought so hard and for so long to save our libraries," the group said.

The development means that Brent may now be the first borough in which a judicial review decision over the fate of its libraries is given. The judge in the Brent case, heard in July, indicated that judgement would be given in October.

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By daveq

Could not agree more. The Department of Culture Media & Sport are a total waste of space, are definitely "UNFIT FOR PURPOSE". Messrs Hunt & Vaizey should be ashamed of themselves for allowing councils, nationwide, to decimate the public library services that the DCMS is supposed to be there to protect and to uphold the 1964 Act. It would appear that this coalition government has no intention of upholding the laws of the country anymore than they have of preventing MP's from still "fiddling" their expenes! What a bunch of misbegotten crooks!

Fri, 30/09/2011 - 19:09
By LibraryBird

Well, the coalition has been very busy ensuring that people in the home counties get their bins emptied weekly. What could be more important than spending money on setting up that? Who needs libraries, care homes, community centres etc anyway...?

Mon, 03/10/2011 - 12:04

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