Supreme Court asked to consider status of Litigants in Person

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The supreme court had to find against the claimant so that the rules we have can be applied consistently and reliably.

Whether or not parking companies should be permitted to bulk issue claims through the small claims court is policy, for which you need to look to parliament not the court. That's the separation of powers and how our constitution works.

FWIW the courts do often apply huge latitude for LiPs but have always (professional or not) been robust on service of proceedings and limitation dates.

Reforms are for parliament. More pointedly, the judge contains the dissenting views and does highlight the need for re-evaluation of the rules regarding service, which will inevitably be redrawn to permit email service before too long.

There is, of course, a reason why I tend to refuse to engage with opponents by email when it comes to service of statements and the like. This would especially be the case for PPCs. Not only does it increase their overhead (discouraging disproportionate claims), but when they outsource their post to third parties it becomes much harder to comply with ongoing service provisions. And the rules allow you to refuse email service.

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There is, of course, a reason why I tend to refuse to engage with opponents by email when it comes to service of statements and the like. This would especially be the case for PPCs. Not only does it increase their overhead (discouraging disproportionate claims), but when they outsource their post to third parties it becomes much harder to comply with ongoing service provisions. And the rules allow you to refuse email service.

Are you dropping a big hint here?

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Johnersh wrote: »

a reason why I tend to refuse to engage with opponents by email...not onlly does it increase their overhead (discouraging disproportionate claims)

Totally agree!!


Send them reams of printed stuff and they can either photocopy it [if still manual] or scan it all into their systems [ideally we would print stuff in such a way that it can't be scanned into a pc????]....that costs the scum money.


Similarly always worth printing photos and sending them rather than emailing.....


Make the ba5tards pay!!!

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