Lemon Zing
Well-Known Member
Basically, I received a summons to a court in a town not far from Edinburgh. It's called Livingston, which is in West Lothian. I know the bus number that goes there, but I get anxiety on buses. You cannot comfortably walk to the court from Hermiston Gait, as you would have to walk along a long stretch of the A71 and proceed to go through East Calder, then if you want to go the quiet way to reach the premises, it's via Almond Park. The charge was a petition reduced to a summary, because I made it crystal clear that I was unhappy with their ineptitude.
I was supposed to attend on the 16th of October. I wasn't able to go. My solicitor got it deferred to the 5th of November. I never went on that morning either. So I emailed my lawyer, because he had previously requested my approval to get in touch with my medical practice, to delve into if I had the anxiety issue I was telling people about. But it seems the doctors aren't playing ball, and I doubt I can change my GP, because you usually have to stick with the one you're local to.
Months ago, I attempted to go to that court, and walked so far up the road, before getting panicky. I called my lawyer. Later on, they came with a warrant. I live in a high rise, so they get the janitors to be their stool pigeons and call them if they notice me returning to my flat. They actually did this twice in March, but the other issue pertains to Glasgow. That was a joke, as well. Because they remanded me in Glasgow for over a week, for a full committal hearing. Then they liberated me with just a folder containing my release papers. I did not have a jacket, or my cards. And they had to exchange my free bus ticket to use a train.
Nobody told me how to get to the train station. I ended up going into a hospital near the motorway, so someone drove me to the station, and I boarded a train. But they'll be expecting me to attend court in Glasgow at some point.
I assume the only way to not attend court would be to get an official diagnosis, because it appears me simply explaining that to the idiots isn't good enough. And this crap has been a colossal ordeal for what has now been over a decade. I'm not going to fill in the blanks, as it's a convoluted mess. But if you remember any of my older threads with me covering what certain people subjected me to, then that's the reason.
Anyway, I get my time completely wasted by people all the time. If you ring up the court, their classic excuse is that "Everything you need is all on our site" or "Call the Law Society of Scotland" who normally just let you know, "By the way, there's this thing called Google, and ya know? You can Google names of lawyers" AKA "Duh! I know that already!"
Or they tell you to go to an advice shop, where they'll book you in, just to essentially say the same kind of common sense (basic) stuff anybody out in the street could tell you, free of charge. So what the hell are you supposed to do? You know?
It's dumb.
I was supposed to attend on the 16th of October. I wasn't able to go. My solicitor got it deferred to the 5th of November. I never went on that morning either. So I emailed my lawyer, because he had previously requested my approval to get in touch with my medical practice, to delve into if I had the anxiety issue I was telling people about. But it seems the doctors aren't playing ball, and I doubt I can change my GP, because you usually have to stick with the one you're local to.
Months ago, I attempted to go to that court, and walked so far up the road, before getting panicky. I called my lawyer. Later on, they came with a warrant. I live in a high rise, so they get the janitors to be their stool pigeons and call them if they notice me returning to my flat. They actually did this twice in March, but the other issue pertains to Glasgow. That was a joke, as well. Because they remanded me in Glasgow for over a week, for a full committal hearing. Then they liberated me with just a folder containing my release papers. I did not have a jacket, or my cards. And they had to exchange my free bus ticket to use a train.
Nobody told me how to get to the train station. I ended up going into a hospital near the motorway, so someone drove me to the station, and I boarded a train. But they'll be expecting me to attend court in Glasgow at some point.
I assume the only way to not attend court would be to get an official diagnosis, because it appears me simply explaining that to the idiots isn't good enough. And this crap has been a colossal ordeal for what has now been over a decade. I'm not going to fill in the blanks, as it's a convoluted mess. But if you remember any of my older threads with me covering what certain people subjected me to, then that's the reason.
Anyway, I get my time completely wasted by people all the time. If you ring up the court, their classic excuse is that "Everything you need is all on our site" or "Call the Law Society of Scotland" who normally just let you know, "By the way, there's this thing called Google, and ya know? You can Google names of lawyers" AKA "Duh! I know that already!"
Or they tell you to go to an advice shop, where they'll book you in, just to essentially say the same kind of common sense (basic) stuff anybody out in the street could tell you, free of charge. So what the hell are you supposed to do? You know?
It's dumb.
