Corruption · Collusion · Malfeasance
Mr Lake’s case record maps 47 violations and 8 human rights breaches — failures across courts, lawyers, council, and regulators that he says no single hearing ever corrected.
Documented violations across the case file.
Human rights breaches identified.
Failures compounding without remedy.
Grouped by where the failure happened — not one bad day in court, but a system-wide pattern.
Evidence not weighed; limitation ignored; appeals hampered; bankruptcy despite settled debt alleged.
Receipts not lodged; hearings without client knowledge; collusion between firms alleged.
Council permission without lawful access; ownership disputes; Crown hold on the home.
Limitation Act; insolvency procedure; planning and highway access requirements.
Payment records, witness material, and transcripts not properly before the court.
Regulators, police, and complaints routes closed without restoring his position.
Human rights and legal process Mr Lake says were breached.
Payment and witness material not properly before the court; appeals blocked or hampered; limitation defence abandoned without consent alleged.
Lost or restricted assets; Crown hold still on the family home; refinancing and sale blocked.
SRA, BSB, courts, and Strasbourg — no route restored his position on his account.
Decades of litigation, stress, and insecurity at home — harm that continues today.
Alleged bias toward the opposing party throughout proceedings and complaints.
Bankruptcy despite settled petition debt; six-year bar not applied as he expected.
In almost every courtroom in England and Wales, the Royal Coat of Arms sits behind the judge. It marks that the hearing is held in the name of the Crown. The mottos are medieval Old French — not Latin, and not Old English. In modern English:
Many of the 47 violations Mr Lake records concern what happened in those rooms — under the Crown’s arms — while regulators and appeal routes failed to correct the outcome.
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