You all may whinge about the Judiciary and suggest they are all the same, but how fast would you turn to them if a crime us committed against you?

There are good and bad in all professions, just as there are good and bad in all walks of life. Generalising by placing all in the one boat is just boring.

There are many really good lawyers who work pro-bono part-time for poor people who qualify for Legal Aide. They certainly don't do it for the money...

Lawyer billing practices. :(

but how fast would you turn to them if a crime us committed against you?
Suseonline,
Give me another legal option & I'll deal with the culprit in my own way. I'd stay away from lawyers as far as I could. It's not a matter of choice we have to use lawyers.

Suseonline,
Any chance of getting some idas what options there are to not using lawyers when there's a requirement to go to Court ? If I do my own defense & ask that no lawyers be involved in my case, will I get my wish approved by a court ?

Individual, some crazy people do their own defence in courts.
Good luck with that.
I hear the jails aren't so bad once you get used to them...

some crazy people do their own defence in courts
Suseonline,
Yes, because they either can't afford a defence lawywer or they have too much integrity to engage one. I either case a victim has a tough chance fighting corrupt lawyers & judiciary & if they happen not to be corrupt then they're incompetent. No matter what, the victim always emerges short-changed because we don't have a judical system.