2025-12-01
Martin Geddes has established (at least to his logic-based satisfaction) that some, maybe many of the "magistrates courts" currently "hearing cases" have defective foundation in law, and cannot therefore operate within the law.
And, with a little help from one or two AI assistants, he has developed a procedure for validating such "courts", a procedure which (he asserts) anybody in receipt of a summons (or other legal demand from the State) may use to verify its authenticity.
"For the first time in British history, citizens can formally verify the legality of the State"
He lists the process by which he came to the "court name requirement specification", and then lays out that specification itself, as deduced by AI from the Magistrates Court Act 1980.
As he remarks -
"Now imagine this same method applied across the entire public sector"
Now it clearly would not be true to say that anybody could do this.
You would need a basic grounding in the Statute Book, you would need to identify the primary legislation involved and to recognise that some Acts permit ministers to rewrite them via ministerial orders (which Parliament may choose to let pass without debate} as they deem circumstances demand, you would need some proficiency in directing your favoured AI assistant(s), and you would also need a bucket-full of self-confidence to approach the bench with your results ...
... but nevertheless, the Statute Book is now potentially your oyster.
Off you go!
See also Martin's follow-up article, introducing the idea of "Lexworthiness" for JPs and judges- is your court fit and safe to fly?
