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> The fact is the judge put £6,000 costs on me before the case was even heard - I was literally priced out of justice.

Wouldn't there be fee shifting in the UK? By that I mean that the losing party pays the winning party's legal costs. That's supposed to be the default in the UK. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_rule_(attorney%27s_fee...

> Seeing there was no justice here I decided not to give the court legitimacy by attending.

In most jurisdictions there is a higher court you can appeal to if you don't get the result you wanted at the trial court. Denying the trial court's legitimacy and refusing to participate in the judicial process will not help that appeal.



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