| A Court of Star Chamber was established in 1487 by Henry VII as an instrument of royal power. The power of the Court of Star Chamber grew considerably and by the time of Charles I it had become a byword for misuse and abuse of power by the king and his circle. The court could be used to suppress opposition to royal policies. Court sessions were held in secret, with no right of appeal. It used simplified methods of effecting justice by which the common law rules were dispensed with. It was a hated symbol of royal despotism and finally abolished by Parliament in 1641, though its name survives still to designate arbitrary, secretive proceedings in opposition to personal rights.
Public Service Ombudsmen were established by the Government in 1967 and 1974. Ombudsmen also use simplified methods of effecting
justice by which common law rules are dispensed with and as a result they are now becoming a hated symbol of local and national government despotism. Public Service Ombudsmen are nothing more than a modern version of a Court of Star Chamber, set up by government to suppress complaints about local and national government. Just as it did for the King when he had the power!
If you believe that Parliament must now curb this abuse then write to your MP and the Queen.
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