Join "Misguided Martin" in Carlisle on Wednesday

Can a "court of geography" convict you in England, obsoleting "courts of law"?

I invite you to join me at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court this coming Wednesday morning at 9.30am to address the issue of a “ghost court”.

This is not a typical court hearing. It is a confrontation with the very limits of lawful authority in modern Britain — a test of whether the state can bypass its own statutes to enforce pseudo-legal proceedings using mere linguistic illusion.

The short version? I am being prosecuted in a venue that does not lawfully exist as a court of law. And they know it.

The CPS Confession: Geography, Not Law

I have now received a formal response from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to my pre-action protocol letter — the preliminary step before Judicial Review. Like HMCTS before them, the CPS has confirmed in writing that the summons I received was issued in the name of a Local Justice Area.

This matters. These “Local Justice Areas” are not courts under the Courts Act 2003. They have no statutory basis to initiate prosecutions or conduct trials. They are administrative geographies — no more a court than “River Severn Magistrates’ Court” or “Postcode PE19 Justice Tribunal.” Their authority is assumed, not lawful.

In other words, this is a ghost court. It wears the clothing of justice but lacks its constitutional substance. And as legal precedent makes clear: a process that is void at its root cannot lawfully produce convictions.

Smears in Place of Substance

The CPS response offers no lawful justification for proceeding under a void jurisdiction. Instead, they attempt to discredit me personally as “misguided.” But ad hominem attacks are not a defence against allegations of misfeasance in public office or fraudulent prosecution.

This isn’t about me. It’s about whether the rule of law still exists in this country.

Why I Will Attend — and Why I Will Not Consent

I will be present at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday. But I will not be participating in a pantomime of justice. My appearance is solely to object to jurisdiction. I will not be bullied into entering a plea, as doing so would amount to tacit consent to an illegitimate tribunal.

The High Court has received my Judicial Review application, which is now awaiting issue. Under constitutional doctrine, the lower court ought to defer to the supervisory authority of the higher court. But I expect the court to attempt to steamroll a conviction to save face.

This is not justice — it’s optics management.

The Stakes: Systemic Abuse via “Ghost Courts”

This case is not about a traffic infraction. It is about the existence or non-existence of lawful process. If this court can lawfully operate without legal foundation — if it can claim jurisdiction merely by geographic naming — then no British citizen is safe from arbitrary process.

There is no modern precedent for a litigant in person to challenge the very existence of the tribunal they stand before. This is, to my knowledge, a first.

The implications are vast. If I am right, then tens or hundreds of thousands of convictions under the Single Justice Procedure may be void ab initio — as they were issued by non-courts through an unlawful handoff process that evades statutory oversight.

What to Expect on the Day

I have just returned from America, so I expect to be jet-lagged and not at my sharpest. For safety, I am travelling to Carlisle the night before to avoid driving two hours while my body still believes it’s 2am.

The hearing is public. They cannot exclude you. If you attend and do not see me outside the court, I will be in the waiting area outside the courtroom.

The prosecution may fail to appear. The court may attempt to adjourn, dismiss, or bluff their way forward. But what they cannot do is lawfully compel a plea or impose a conviction when no lawful charge has been laid in a legally constituted tribunal. They had an opportunity to address this pre-trial; it cannot be argued on the day.

This is a public theatre of law — where you can watch the actors collapse under the weight of their own falsehoods.

Practical Details

• Where? Carlisle Magistrates’ Court

• When? Wednesday 11th June at 9.30am

• If attending, please email me in reply to this Substack notification or via this form

• Any urgent updates will be shared via Telegram

Closing Words: Whose Misguidance?

If there were a lawful route for a Local Justice Area to issue a valid summons, they would have said so. They haven’t — and that tells you everything. I have pursued every legitimate route of remedy and been met with silence, evasion, and now slander.

I am not the one in trouble.

It is the Ministry of Justice, HMCTS, CPS, Cumbria Constabulary, and this fictional “court” who are in trouble — and they know it. They are running unauthorised courts in broad daylight and hoping nobody notices. But I did. And now you do too.

Impersonating judicial authority is a serious crime. And this is “treason season.”

Let’s see what happens.