I’m disputing what you say but the two centre paragraphs seem to be at odds.

 

If the cycle was illegal but was not being ridden recklessly or above the assisted speed limit and the pedestrian was totally at fault then wouldn’t the legality of the cycle become a separate issue to the accident because it had no bearing on the accident.

 

That being the case then the punishment metered out re the legality of the cycle would be the same and not weighted due to an accident being involved.

 

It's as VFR400 says, our law does not function in anything like the idealistic way it's often portrayed as doing. Very far from it indeed, as the example given of Charlie Alliston's jailing for eighteen months shows.

 

His only offence deserved no more than a small fine.

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It's as VFR400 says, our law does not function in anything like the idealistic way it's often portrayed as doing. Very far from it indeed, as the example given of Charlie Alliston's jailing for eighteen months shows.

 

His only offence deserved no more than a small fine.

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Perhaps then the punishment is inversely proportional to the barrister’s fee.

Perhaps then the punishment is inversely proportional to the barrister’s fee.

 

There's a different kind of truth in what you say. Where the Crown Prosecution Service have authorised a case but later realise it's going to be very difficult to prove, they often put their top barrister on it. They will even switch to a top barrister at the last minute, after the defendant has chosen a lower level one.

 

So the inverse there is that the less likely it is the defendant is guilty, the tougher the barrister they are up against, a fundamental unfairness. I've even known a judge to assist a top barrister in such a case by threatening the defendant with an extreme sentence if they don't change their plea to guilty.

 

Remember, judges are just top barristers one more step up the ladder, and they often know each other well.

 

It's a myth that our legal system is wonderful, it's anything but.

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There's a different kind of truth in what you say. Where the Crown Prosecution Service have authorised a case but later realise it's going to be very difficult to prove, they often put their top barrister on it. They will even switch to a top barrister at the last minute, after the defendant has chosen a lower level one.

 

So the inverse there is that the less likely it is the defendant is guilty, the tougher the barrister they are up against, a fundamental unfairness. I've even known a judge to assist a top barrister in such a case by threatening the defendant with an extreme sentence if they don't change their plea to guilty.

 

Remember, judges are just top barristers one more step up the ladder, and they often know each other well.

 

It's a myth that our legal system is wonderful, it's anything but.

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You have instilled me with confidence in our legal system.

You have instilled me with confidence in our legal system.

 

You can have the confidence that today is as good as you'll ever know it, since it continues the decline in quality since 1994.

 

Even the magistrates courts have been affected, many now sitting with only two magistrates instead of three, that being due to a shortage of them.

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Even the magistrates courts have been affected, many now sitting with only two magistrates instead of three, that being due to a shortage of them.

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Wow, I didn't know that but my mother in law just quit after 20 years having become increasingly frustrated at the system and they way it is going

As you can see "The Plant" appears to be genuine!!

Just popped round to say thanks!

As you can see "The Plant" appears to be genuine!!

Just popped round to say thanks!

 

Yup, that's the Scott Snaith I know, and that's a new BH e-bike.

 

Only questions now are, did you graduate from RADA and what agency handles your placements?

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Yup, crooked as hell. Anyone who puts one pannier on their bike is crooked, and inconsiderate to the feelings of others. A bike with only one pannier is just so offensive to the eye. I'm going to have nightmares now about bike shops selling bikes that aren't complete.

 

One thing I don't understand. If he delivered it to your house personally, what's it doing back at the shop? Has it broken down already?

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One thing I don't understand. If he delivered it to your house personally, what's it doing back at the shop? Has it broken down already?

 

Maybe the photo is a Photoshop job. Scott doesn't look a day older than when I first met him over thirteen years ago. Remarkable for some one who has battled against such severe trading problems, massive debts and insolvency.

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It's disappointing that pictures of Scott should be posted on here, given that this the guy who has caused his company to fold with talk of a £2 million debt. This includes a purported 42 customers who never received their bikes.

 

If a bike was delivered after the cut-off point of the original trading company, then the transaction was probably via the new company. If it wasn't, then it should have been one of the assets that were never declared in the company accounts (there was no stock listed at the point of the winding up order).

 

It's not about one or two bikes being delivered to local customers during this 'grey' period of trading: it's about the bigger picture. I notice that the 'points of sale' page on the BH website has updated to show there are no distributors in the UK, with no mention of 50cycles.

I would take a long time to clock up nearly £2 Mil of deficit.

I would take a long time to clock up nearly £2 Mil of deficit.

Exactly, and I don't believe that this kind of debt could be run up just through the failure of some of the Impulse 2 motors ...

Don’t you become disqualified from being a company director in circumstances such as this?

 

I suppose they can set up with ”clean” family member as a director, on paper.

Don’t you become disqualified from being a company director in circumstances such as this?

 

I suppose they can set up with ”clean” family member as a director, on paper.

 

Unfortunately not, they can go broke in one company and immediately set up another. Having said that I seem to remember Scott's wife being a director of 50cycles at one point, inactive as far as I could see.

 

In fairness a company going broke isn't necessarily the fault of the directors. A government measure like a sudden increase in a products tax or making something illegal can do it. As can a sudden influx of their product from a cheaper country. Even a change in fashion or an adverse weather trend can kill a company.

 

And in 50cycles case, the basis of their failure was representing two good brands in a row as agent, both of them in turn turning bad for one reason or another. In both cases 50cycles had no control, they were very much victims of both and couldn't cope with what had happened.

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And in 50cycles case, the basis of their failure was representing two good brands in a row as agent, both of them in turn turning bad for one reason or another. In both cases 50cycles had no control, they were very much victims of both and couldn't cope with what had happened.

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That's just speculation. It might have been divine intervention, or maybe one of their badly-treated customers put a curse on them.

That's just speculation. It might have been divine intervention, or maybe one of their badly-treated customers put a curse on them.

 

Not speculation, it's fact from personal involvement knowledge.

 

You sound like you've fallen victim to faith and mysticism.

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You sound like you've fallen victim to faith and mysticism.

It was after I heard about Jeffry Epstein killing himself. One day he tells his lawyers that he's in good spirits and wants them to work on a strategy to get him out of the high security jail he's in. Hours later, he does a backward flip off his 3ft high bed and strangles himself with the toilet paper anti-suicide bed sheets. At the same time, the CCTV cameras malfunctioned and the two guards both fell asleep and they couldn't wake up from the screaming from his cell that all the other prisoners heard.

 

The only explanation is that he had a divine visitor that told him to repent his sins and end his life there and then because of all his sins, or he could choose eternal pain and damnation. He chose the former, so the angel did the deed and fixed CCTV and the guards. He also fixed it that none of the press or anyone else could report on it.

Generally, the rules are:

 

Possibly a grey area with the first point, but I suspect that people normally get away with this, such are the company laws in this country.

I repeat ... where did all the stock go at the time of the winding up order? Several visitors to the warehouse during this period have reported seeing 'a lot of bikes', and their value should have been included under 'assets' section of the accounts. They were not.

I've always been treated very well by 50c and I'm sorry to see them go under, although I recognise that others may not have had as positive an experience.

 

I hope that they will still be able to supply parts for the impulse 1 bikes like the front sprocket, and also I have found it very useful to periodically reload the firmware for my impulse 1 agattu which seemed to solve certain small clicking issues when they arose - to do this 50c very helpfully sent out a device with a specific memory card installed, and I wonder if this will still be available from the new company..

I repeat ... where did all the stock go at the time of the winding up order? Several visitors to the warehouse during this period have reported seeing 'a lot of bikes', and their value should have been included under 'assets' section of the accounts. They were not.

 

Because they were in trouble, these bikes could have been supplied on sale or return. Or not.

It was after I heard about Jeffry Epstein killing himself. One day he tells his lawyers that he's in good spirits and wants them to work on a strategy to get him out of the high security jail he's in. Hours later, he does a backward flip off his 3ft high bed and strangles himself with the toilet paper anti-suicide bed sheets. At the same time, the CCTV cameras malfunctioned and the two guards both fell asleep and they couldn't wake up from the screaming from his cell that all the other prisoners heard.

 

The only explanation is that he had a divine visitor that told him to repent his sins and end his life there and then because of all his sins, or he could choose eternal pain and damnation. He chose the former, so the angel did the deed and fixed CCTV and the guards. He also fixed it that none of the press or anyone else could report on it.

 

The plan worked perfectly, they got him out and didn't even have to walk to the door. Trouble is he's left a certain Duke or somebody to pick up all the flack....how selfish is that.

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