Sharia Courts in Britain

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Originally Posted by glatt

So in big guy vs. little guy situations, I would agree with you, but in little guy vs. little guy situations, is there anything wrong with them then?

Not if it truly is little guy vs little guy (or big guy vs big guy). I've heard of court-appointed arbitrators, to ease the court's schedule, which I think wou'd generally be pretty fair. But even if they're set up so that the fact that they do justice for profit is mitigated by the way they are paid for, the reason they are cheaper than court is that they don't have all of the legal safeguards and transparency of the court.

[edit] - and, like DanaC said, it's not truly little guy vis little guy in this particular situation, and similar effects may pertain to many other situations that may look at first glance like a little guy vs little guy situation.