00:00Sadiq Khan's case was dealt with in a private hearing by a single magistrate,
00:05in a court system which has been criticised for harsh convictions and injustices to pensioners
00:11and vulnerable people. Khan was prosecuted in the fast-track court process by the DVLA
00:18over an unpaid bill on a 24-year-old Nissan Micra. He received a conviction and a court fine.
00:26The case was reopened and overturned after being reported on by the press association
00:32as it emerged that the mayor did not own the car and it was likely it had been wrongly registered
00:39in his name. In the wake of Sadiq Khan's case, Catherine Feast, the chief executive of the
00:45magistrates' association, reiterated their call for government changes to the way the courts operate.
00:52Particularly, she said magistrates believe there should be a fundamental change to the SJP system
01:00so that prosecutors review a case once defendants have had a chance to enter a plea in writing
01:07when the mitigating circumstances of an offence may have become clear. Ms Feast said some improvements
01:14to the SJP system have been made since their original criticism in 2024. Adding more SJP data
01:23is now available which supports better monitoring and transparency.
01:26He'll be a copy of SDIQ-er, the first class of 2016. The last class of 2018 summer of 2014.
01:26issue, which is fairly unique and important as the first class of 2020. When the
01:29starting class of 2018, the first class of 2019 is a low-entry measure of the end-term
01:29tasks remain a part of the current state-level. The first class of 2018 is a Unplugged
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