tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post3978254819550626192..comments2023-07-10T10:57:18.522+01:00Comments on The Magistrates' Blog: You Can Lead A Horse To Water......Bystander http://www.blogger.com/profile/10211688955428527960noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-73723865821313395152014-10-15T13:58:06.112+01:002014-10-15T13:58:06.112+01:00I don't know the figures for the number of dri...I don't know the figures for the number of drivers disqualified in absence, but I guess it isn't that many, so why not use recorded delivery (signed for) to avoid these sorts of issues?MrDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-76120824445293990312014-10-13T14:14:11.135+01:002014-10-13T14:14:11.135+01:00Perhaps he thought it was worth £600 to have his d...Perhaps he thought it was worth £600 to have his day in court and tell the system of the unfairness of what had happened. I think I would do the same if I was in his position. If you think it's just about the money I think you've been in the game too long and lost sight of a few things, especially with such small sums as these. <br /><br />Luckily for me, I can afford the £600. It would of course be different if I couldn't afford it. <br /><br />PS: Where is our much vaunted HRA here? Surely it says something about being found guilty in the absence of the accused, that is, without a chance of defending himself in court?Bigmaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-73349384562052911832014-10-11T16:20:04.057+01:002014-10-11T16:20:04.057+01:00Sounds suspiciously like you had a defendant who s...Sounds suspiciously like you had a defendant who still believed that the law existed to ensure that justice was done...<br />I see so many clients who, in their innocence, believe actions can be justified and charges therefore expunged.<br />It don't work like that, says I...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727871367480602637.post-14252587578268311662014-10-08T10:17:39.617+01:002014-10-08T10:17:39.617+01:00Seems to me that this is one of those issues that ...Seems to me that this is one of those issues that should be the same across the country. My bench never used to disqualify in absence and I know that others did. The sooner one of these gets to the appeal court, the better. <br /><br />Yes the post is good but even if a letter is put through a letterbox we have no way of knowing that the defendant received it. Despite all our training it still remains a sad fact that every so often our dog does, quite literally, eat an envelope and it's contents. We just find a few scraps of paper on the floor. How would I get a court to believe that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com