RE: Southwark Crown Court case11 Feb 2021 09:21
regarding illness and court...
https://vhsfletchers.co.uk/too-ill-to-attend-court/
Many people face very lengthy court proceedings, and it is therefore hardly unusual that on occasion a person may not be too ill to attend court.
Despite this fact, courts are sceptical of alleged illness. Unless the rules are followed in close detail, a defendant who does not attend faces the serious prospect of being arrested by the police and taken to court in custody. This may involve a stay in police cells over the weekend, so it is essential that you understand what you need to do.
In almost all cases, if you do not need to see a doctor, the court is unlikely to accept your illness as an excuse not to attend court.
A doctor will be able to issue you with a sick note. This is not, however, necessarily the end of the matter, and the opinion of a doctor does not bind a court.
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if he is not going to see the inside of a jail cell, then this hearing could be done by zoom due to covid, if he is claiming any covid type excuse.