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"...questions about how the government will ensure the charges are collected from those convicted of petty offences".

How do you make them pay? Easy, emulate 'Money Claims Online'. It's sold like some special offer "get your money back" and Online, one sentence stating "she owes me money, Guv" will do. While photocopies of bags of Tile Adhesive can be included, the two words "owes money" are more than enough to get the wheels of the Bandwagon quickly rolling down the slippery slope of "Justice".

Once the Deputy District Judge (maybe part-time PI Solicitor) agrees that "she owes you money Guv" that's it. Any defence is as difficult as making a Professional Negligence Claim and as equally unlikely to succeed. You can say he's ruined my Hallway and Bathroom as often as you like but it falls on deaf ears as did "I believe you have been negligent". Once the Deputy District Judge has automatically agreed with the Money Claims 'client' then that's it, the relentless, automatic process quickly slides down to the Bailiff stage.

If the 'big guys' don't get you trembling and weak at the knees (with fear) then the ticking 'extortion' meter will, as it mecilessly clocks up pounds for every minute delay in 'paying up'. Pleas of not quilty, unfair, unjust have become a lost cause as you desperately search for old credit cards, money fallen down the settee or anything else that might stop them stripping your home bear or evicting you. And it's all done in secret with not even a trace of the Money Claim's 'client's' identity or reasons for doing it.

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