Legal Journalist Mike Jewell has, over the span of the previous 105 hearings in the Bradley Fold saga, given a fair and factual account of the events.
However, his report in a recent issue [routeone/Court Report/2 May] leaves me feeling more than a little disappointed, short-changed, and even miffed.
Although factually correct, it seems to focus on the trivial while simultaneously overlooking the overriding legal argument; a legal argument that affects every single citizen of this nation, particularly many of those operators or drivers who have lost their repute or have had licences revoked.
Not mentioned was the fact that the Upper Tribunal dismissed, out of hand probably, the most important 18 words of this (democratic) nation’s constitution; words that give the individual protection against state-sponsored tyranny; words contained in The Bill of Rights 1688, which states: ‘That all Grants and Promises of Fines and Forfeitures of particular persons before Conviction are illegal and void’.
All respect to Mike and his efforts, but the ‘Forfeitures’ point really needs to be emancipated on the world of transport enforcement.
Peter Wright,
Bradley Fold Travel,
Manchester
