The Deciding Factor
Of course, the factor which decides whether you, as the prole can continue with your quest to seek legal truth and enlightenment is all down to a matter of cost. You are left with three choices in any legal fight;
- Give up
- Stump up the cost of the fight yourself; and accept that if you lose you could lose more than your pride
- Seek legal aid, which gives everyone the access to justice, or so you would like to believe
Sadly, the majority of people choose option 1, as this is by far the least troublesome, and the one that is likely to result in the least pain. The prole resumes his/her place in society, and continues to cause the establishment no further trouble. This is the expectation the establishment gives, and hopes beyond hope that everyone will remain in their place in society and not rock the boat. God forbid that you shouldn't actually challenge the status quo and demand your own rights.
If this whole sorry saga has taught you anything it is that Justice and Freedom in England & Wales never really existed and that it was as much a fairytale as the Wizard of Oz, complete with evil witch, flying monkeys and a yellow brick road that seems to go nowhere.
You do have the option of stumping up the cost of the fight yourself. If you have a bank balance that makes the goblins of Gringotts smile, then naturally you would never need to worry about the cost of the litigation, and it comes down to who you can get to represent you, and how soon it happens. Back down to ground-reality with a thump, it's unlikely that you will have the cash to support such a worthy cause, and besides which, if you had the cash, you probably wouldn't have worked for the police and had to deal with opportunistic deviants (both within and outside of the force) looking for a way to ruin a life.
Barristers' costs alone could cause even the happiest bank manager to turn an unhealthy green tinge. Accepting that any appeal is likely to cost you somewhere between ten and one hundred thousand pounds is probably the first step, whilst accepting that you may never recover those costs in the future is your second.
That leaves firmly option number 3 – gaining legal aid funding for your fight for justice.