On 30 June 2025, the Magistrates’ Court issued a lawful order requiring Thames Valley Police to return the Applicant’s property, including essential medical devices and phones (Exhibit 2). This order was clear, perfected, and enforceable.
Thames Valley Police declined to comply. No application was made to stay, vary, or appeal.
This was contempt.
On 21 July 2025, the same court set aside its own order, invoking Liverpool City Council v Pleroma Distribution Ltd — a case concerning fundamental jurisdictional defect. The Court treated an alleged clerical error (incorrect email address) as grounds to erase a fully valid order.
This was an error of law.
A lawful order cannot be undone to excuse disobedience. To do so invites all public bodies to ignore court orders and retroactively claim “non-service.”
If uncorrected, this establishes a constitutional absurdity:
Any public authority may ignore a court order, wait, then persuade the court to retrospectively declare it a “misunderstanding.”
This converts judicial authority into administrative preference — and renders judicial review meaningless.
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Fire Brigades Union [1995] 2 AC 513
→ Public bodies cannot act to frustrate the will of the court.