One of the UK’s most senior judges has ordered magistrates’ courts to stop listing cases involving the force-fitting of energy prepayment meters in customers’ homes.
Lord Justice Edis issued the direction on Monday to all court staff in England and Wales.
In the letter, seen by The Epoch Times, Edis said that judges “must act proportionately and with regard to the human rights of the people affected, particularly any people with vulnerability” in issuing warrants for forced entry into homes.
“In carrying out this assessment,” he stated, “they have reasonably placed reliance on the assurance made by all applicants on oath that the supplier and their agents have complied with the standards set by Ofgem, the energy regulator….