On Thursday 2024-01-11 on #BBCRadio4 "PM" programme, in an item to do with injustices in the legal system in the UK, court reporter Tristan Kirk spoke to Evan Davis about the "single justice procedure" where a sole judge decides on cases in a closed-setting without the person/organization in question being present.
One case was a young woman who "lacked mental capacity" and so her financial affairs were run for her by the local authority; her television licence fee was not paid so #TVLicensing made a prosecution; the local authority (the ones who were responsible for making her payments) entered a guilty plea on her behalf!