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When I appealed against my speeding conviction last year on the grounds that I had incurred a summons without first seeing requested evidence, the CPS barrister I met agreed to rescind the court costs in return for my dropping my appeal. He conceded that I had been forced into my 6 Magistrate/appeal court appearances due to a flaw in the system that failed to honour my entitlement under the human rights act (i.e. that fixed penalty ticket offices are incapable of providing the evidence within the 28 days given to pay up)
As well as the cost of travel I should never have incurred, I was unlawfully forced to give up 6 days' pay from my job, and suffer a most stressful ordeal throughout. Where would I stand in taking civil action against the scameraship to claim compensation for these losses?

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Dave Lucas

It seems to me that you have, or had a case? The CPS appeared to be trying to save the embarrassment and money, if you win/won. Did you agreed with CPS to drop the appeal? I don't quite understand, if the CPS barrister tried to make this deal with you, surely he must have had something to hide and, surely you should continue/have continued with the case?

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Useless laws weaken necessary laws.

I wish I had pressed on and stood my ground, but as must be the case with most scamera victims, I was desparate to escape from the climate of oppressive and small-minded vindictiveness that had already hung over me for several months - the very weapon this parasite depends on to blind and bleed its prey!.
As you say, the creatures were obviously keen to avoid an adverse precedent, but what about my word against his in a civil case?

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Dave Lucas

I think that the main thing that they all run scared from is: "Case Law", which will benefit ALL in subsequent cases. Although for it to automatically enter The Law of the Land, it needs to be proven in the "High Court".

Many Prosecutors will choose to back down (if they think that they may loose and in doing so) cause a "case" which may thereafter be quoted as an example. The "Law Machine" then steps in, to close the loophole....

The little fella' always looses.........