British lawyer warns against compulsory prepayment meters

Robert, who is not being identified because he doesn't want his employer to know he has spoken to the media, said in 2015 that we would apply for a warrant in person at a local court with 20 -- 30 applications.

Lord Justice Edis said that while energy firms could still make a case for a warrant, they would have to satisfy a court in detail as to the integrity of their procedures, in particular relating to the vulnerability of occupiers. It gives some relief that magistrates are aware of the significance of their actions and not blind to the terrible impacts to vulnerable people if they are forced onto prepayment meters against their will.

The deployment of prepayment meters was meant to be an alternative to the rarely used sanction of disconnection. If that isn't an option, there are concerns that bills won't be paid at all. It's possible that all of this may end up at the door of government.