‘Bizarre’ freeman on the land defences rise 10%

[Legal Beagles]

Ascent Legal, one of the UK’s leading specialist recoveries law firms, has reported a 10% increase in bogus ‘freeman on the land’ defences filed by defendants facing unsecured and secured debts. The core principle of the ‘freemen’ belief is that all statute law is contractual, and that such law is applicable only if an individual […]

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[Amethyst]

Re: Ascent Legal reports 10% rise in ‘bizarre’ freeman on the land defences

Great article that.

Head of legal for Ascent, Myra Scott, said: “The reason for an increase in this bizarre form of defence is because there are a growing number of internet groups purporting to offer debt avoidance schemes to vulnerable debtors. However, there is clearly no basis whatsoever to make a successful ‘freeman’ claim. Instead, we would urge these debtors to contact money charities as a more constructive means of assistance.

“Although it is a strange defence, it can be successful at delaying court proceedings and so postpone having to start paying back debt. Yet, this is not a good outcome as it only succeeds in defendants accumulating more daily interest charges which are added onto the original debt owed.”

Typically, a freeman style defence involves defendants employing unusual name motifs, supplying bogus addresses, and claiming themselves sovereign from Acts of Parliament .They believe that the only true law is Common Law whereby their only legal requirements are to not harm others, not damage the property of others and not use ‘fraud or mischief’ in contracts.