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Auckland man fails to overturn bankruptcy after $34k fines defending $80 speeding ticket
(www.nzherald.co.nz)
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2025
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Ah legal systems designed to make people not seek to engage with it to solve issues. Let’s paywall off the courts some more so that only big business can afford to use it.
He is summoned and failed to turn up. Then he appealed and failed. Then he keep doing the exact same thing over and over again while trying to strike off the fee. You can't just waste everyone time and expect you won't get billed each time you lose. It's paywalling stupidity/insanity.
So cancel the case and move on, don’t fine the guy ridiculous amounts. The fines do nothing except make the legal system harder to access.
There is a series of appeals you can make when you don't agree with something, which is the course this person has followed, and are there for good reason.
The only reason he's in this situation is his own stupidity and stubbornness.