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That’s judgements (What the judge said)

The filings by the parties are made public in the USA and other countries. So you can actually see the arguments and evidence.


You can get court transcripts but (just like the USA) you have to pay for them. Things could be improved, but in no way are normal UK court cases secret as you claimed. You can also visit the courts and watch cases from the public gallery. You're basically wrong and doubling down on it, for what reason I cannot say.

My friend, please don’t act like an expert when you happen to be talking to one…

Magistrates court trials are not recorded so no transcripts. So a malicious prosecution is easy to pursue.

When one files for a transcript in courts that are recorded, the transcript is first sent to the Judge and the judge is allowed to change anything they like, with no transparency. They can also refuse a transcript if they feel like it.

I’m not going to respond any further to you as you for some unknown reason are talking about things that you do not understand…

Have a good day.


Mags courts are for petty offences, nothing like this. Contract law and Torts will be heard at the High Court, and transcripts are available via EX107.

The only exceptions are when the judge imposes reporting restrictions or anonymisation (unlikely in a non-criminal case as it's meant to protect the identities of complainants or sensitive witnesses) or for ex parte actions (which are very limited, eg. to cover an emergency injunction to prevent imminent destruction of evidence).


Everything you have said is off the mark.

Magistrates don’t deal with what you term petty offences, their powers have been steadily increasing over time. And indeed any conviction has serious affect on a person even after spent.

The rest of your post is also that of a person with very basic understanding of the matters. So not sure why you commented.


I wonder how the register (the source for this article) managed to even get the information for their article...



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