Shoooo... I can feel my rage rising just hearing about it!
Funny... one of the top lawyers in CT got the docket number wrong on a case and I was naive enough to play fair and let them know. Boy did I learn too late. 🙄
Australia probably similar to ZA. Regarding prejudice and bias then. I'd watch for that as well.
I wish you had a good lawyer. It's mostly a money game sadly. Who knows who in the upper echelons. It's a club and all the good lawyers know the judges personally. So. Not much actual law or justice there really. Honestly. It is what it is.
If you guys ran a fund to raise money for this for a good lawyer?
I've had magistrates ignore legal protocol completely and rule in favour of someone who had a good lawyer when I couldn't afford one and did my own case in Regional court. And it was illegal. What she did.
And if your judge is dodgy the system will protect them. To protect itself. Of course.
Full support here. I know what you're up against.
"Justice". Ugh :(