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       Solicitor's Agents and Right of Audience
       By: Jackisback123 Date: January 9, 2026, 11:21 am
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       I've just come across this case and thought it might be of
       interest here!
  HTML https://www.bailii.org//ew/cases/Misc/2026/1.html
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       Solicitor's Agents and Right of Audience
       By: Reentrant Date: January 11, 2026, 4:13 am
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  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsKDvT4zYI
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsKDvT4zYI.
       Solicitor's agent refused right of audience in a small-claims
       parking case. Ruling is "causing chaos" apparently.
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       Re: Solicitor's Agents and Right of Audience
       By: PallasAthena Date: January 11, 2026, 6:08 am
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       Written judgement is available on Bailii
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       Re: VEHICLE CONTROL SERVICES LIMITED and STEPHEN LANGLEY
       By: DWMB2 Date: January 11, 2026, 6:14 am
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       Merging this as they're on the same topic.
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       Re: Solicitor's Agents and Right of Audience
       By: The Slithy Tove Date: January 11, 2026, 6:49 am
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       The YouTube chap really needs to learn how to be succinct and
       not waffle on or disappear on tangents. You realise what the job
       of a decent editor is when you have to suffer through videos
       like this (similarly podcasts where they take forever to get to
       the point).
       But having rambled on myself :) I was wondering if Stephen
       Langley himself had to make all those arguments to court around
       the reasons for having right of audience refused. It's a huge
       effort for a Defendant, especially if they have no formal legal
       training themselves and are unfamiliar with the ins and outs of
       it all.
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       Re: Solicitor's Agents and Right of Audience
       By: andy_foster Date: January 11, 2026, 6:54 am
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       I struggle to share the learned District Judge's interpretations
       of "assisting in the conduct of litigation" and "in chambers",
       but otherwise agree with the judgment.
       If the argument had been that the "agent" had gone beyond merely
       assisting, the point might have merit, but it seems absurd that
       conduct of advocacy alone is somehow separate from the conduct
       of litigation.
       The real issue, IMHO is that "in chambers" was clearly intended
       to refer to administrative matters that did not require an
       advocate. The suggestion that the locus was intended to describe
       the person conducting the exempt activity, rather than the
       nature of the activity exceeds my comprehension.
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