did this case really need all that CPR stuff at the begining to try and get it thrown out?
The overwhelmingly vast majority of the cases we advise on get discontinued before they reach a hearing (I think yours is perhaps the third case we have seen out of the several hundred over the past couple of years that has actually wound up in the courtroom), which is where the 'CPR stuff' comes from.
Very good to hear that you got a judge that chose to apply some common sense (although he seems to have an issue with 'template defences', but not template particulars of claim that don't adequately meet the relevant civil procedure rules...).
If you had told us from the outset that you were helping a friend, we could have advised you on steps to take to allow you to represent him (or at least sit alongside providing advice as a potential McKenzie Friend).
All in all, it sounds like a very good result for your friend, who it sounds ought to be rather more grateful to you!
I agree with all of that, if it was me I would never fold on stuff like this, I would always take it all the way and every time I have done in the past for stuff like speeding I've always come off winning or not that bad. Years ago I turned a potential 3 points into an absolute discharge by taking it nto court and speaking up.
However my mate is now convinced that you dont need pretend internet Perry Masons quoting stuff that they have no idea what it even means and all you have to do is tell the truth to come out on top.
