Investigations in the public interestEvidence. Enquiry. Accountability.

One case · 12 connected strands

Investigations

The evidence. The decisions.
The questions that require answers.

We support Miss E and Mr J in bringing their concerns into public view. Follow the access dispute, contested documents, official decisions and continuing appeals—each linked to its evidence and named questions.

Updated · 21 investigative reports

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Judicial power should carry consequences for proven abuse.

The Paul Mitchell (Designated Civil Judge for Cornwall, Devon and Dorset; Exeter Combined Court Centre) case-management chapter now calls for an accessible compensation route and, where justified, personal financial liability after independent findings of deliberate judicial abuse and resulting loss. Two separate policy questions address the Ministry of Justice and Parliament; the current law and full case evidence remain linked.

Read the reform demand and full context →

Personal legal fees: what was claimed for tax—and what was claimed from Miss E?

MEDIA-05 asks Mark John Mayo (claimant in L00BP152; Higher Barley Hayes, Torrington area, Devon) and publisher management for the accounting treatment, any company tax deduction and VAT entitlement. The inquiry distinguishes the receiving-party VAT test from company payment and identifies HMRC’s remit and reporting route. No tax deduction, VAT recovery or HMRC referral is asserted.

Read the tax-treatment challenge and full context →

Case L00BP152 and the connected proceedings

Every strand. A route to the record.

Choose the concern you want to examine. The event chronology connects the dates; each strand connects the reporting, source material and questions.

Strand 02 · Direct link

BH68: the agreement and the disputed emails

See the pole beside the property edge on Miss E’s plan, then follow the boundary dispute, payment records and contested emails.

How was the competing boundary claim reconciled with Miss E’s plan—and which records support the claimed rights?

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Strand 03 · Direct link

Costs, funding and alleged financial coercion

Begin with Paul Mitchell’s allocation, affordability warnings and the allegation of deliberate hardship. Continue to Miss E’s planned claim against Mark John Mayo, the enforcement-and-joinder letter, costs liability, VAT and enforcement. Each allegation links to its own source and response.

Were management decisions, disputed accusations and financial demands used to place improper pressure on the family and their home?

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The allegations, the replies and the regulator

Trace the court filings, Annex E, Cornwell’s replies, the firm’s position and the SRA’s assessment.

Who examined the specific objections, and where are the reasons?

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Planning, heritage and the attempted sale

Examine the driveway and heritage records, the shed dispute and the reported impact on prospective buyers.

What explains the decisions, the treatment of objections and the sign’s effect?

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The judgment, the appeal and the direct challenges

Start with Miss E’s eight filed appeal grounds, then her developing rebuttal and Mr J’s ten-point statement. The three records connect the process, evidence, property findings and costs.

Where did the judgment resolve the material objections and contrary evidence?

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Costs enforcement and the missing N260

Follow the account restriction, changing orders, the December hearing and participation challenge, then the writ, Shergroup’s changing accounts and continuing N260 requests.

If the costs schedule was sent, why has the original email and attachment not been supplied again?

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Strand 10 · Direct link

CCTV, written warnings and vulnerability

Watch the dated recordings, then follow the conveyance wording, written complaints, injury report and responses from the lawyers and court.

What did those notified do about the burden and safety concerns reported at home?

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Strand 11 · Direct link

Shooting noise, the Council and protection at home

Watch Miss E’s account, compare the Council’s readings, follow the commercial-shooting account and read the questions to Walsh and the Council.

How were the recorded noise, distress and recurring disturbance assessed—and what protection followed?

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Strand 12 · Direct link

The Jenkins sale and alleged non-disclosure

Compare the pre-sale answers, the letter before action and the sellers’ reply with the prior-dispute recording, shooting history and conveyance obligations.

What did the sellers know before purchase—and what was the buyer told?

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This strand in the case guide · How it connects

Keep the whole case in view.

Why the record matters · Our purpose

New / The video record

Life beside the right of way.
Watch the record.

21 recordings, in camera-date order: the entrance checks, the rubbish sequence, the night-time activity and the tractor passage—alongside Miss E’s account of the impact.

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Home life / Public protection / Accountability

Gunfire at home. Her distress needs an answer.

A pensioner in tears. Noise recorded inside her home. Read the direct challenge to Timothy Edmund Walsh’s findings in the supplied transcript, Torridge’s response and the fourteen demands for answers.

Watch the full film and read the context · Named questions and recorded replies

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How the branches connect

12 main strands bring together 21 investigative reports. The original costs hearing remains a section of the case file. These routes explain the shared documents, events and proceedings; the linked articles identify the allegations, evidence and replies.

From proposed small claims to alleged deliberate hardship

Start with the proposed track, affordability warnings and actual directions. Follow the financial demands, disputed costs foundation and later scrutiny request, identifying what each decision added to the burden.

  1. Paul Mitchell: proportionality, the warnings and alleged deliberate hardship
  2. Alleged extortion: litigation funding, disputed accusations and the home
  3. Costs enforcement and the missing N260
  4. The separate appeal and independent-scrutiny request

Alleged financial coercion: the demands, accusations and harm

Miss E plans a claim against Mayo concerning alleged extortion and wrongful accusations. Start with the June letter; follow the financial basis, disputed accusations, responses and consequences. No new claim is described as filed.

  1. Alleged extortion: litigation funding, disputed accusations and the home
  2. Annex E, the firm’s response and the SRA
  3. Costs enforcement and the missing N260
  4. The third-party debt order hearing
  5. Police–Council correspondence and the notice

The boundary and the documentary chain

Start with the 1987 fencing promise, the sale representations and alleged avoidable dispute. Compare the utility records, expert inputs and field-transfer evidence, then follow the objections, responses and claimed consequences.

  1. The Jenkins sale: disclosure, prior disputes and witness evidence
  2. BH68: the plan, agreement and disputed emails
  3. Dennis Venn’s report and the missing wayleaves
  4. The field transfer and completion statements
  5. Annex E, the firm’s response and the SRA

Put the events in date order · Every strand and its reports