Late moves to hearing dates etc

Hi All, this is more of a rant than a question, sorry!

Over the past few years I have had several occasions to be pretty annoyed with the listings teams in courts. For example I find that ''Dates to Avoid'', even when filed in good time, are almost invariably ignored, and the onus is on you to shift the hearing if by bad luck it lands on your dates. Pointing out that there has been a listings error by court is not always sufficient justification.

And then often having gone to all the effort of getting a date that works for everyone, the hearings are then moved with very short notice to a random other date, also ignoring any filed dates to avoid, which makes an Absolute mockery of the whole listing process and all the effort involved.

For example I''ve received a letter from Court in the post this morning (Tuesday) moving a hearing this Thursday to this Friday. No reason given. Is this acceptable? It wouldn''t be acceptable if I wrote to Court asking them to move the hearing because it didn''t suit me.

In fact in the past I''ve had hearings listed that I wasn''t even aware were going to be listed, then when I''ve pointed out that I couldn''t file Dates to Avoid because I didn''t know about the listing, I''ve been invited by court staff to submit a D-something form, pay £155 to ask Court to move the hearing, wherein on receipt the request has immediately been rejected. Almost as if I''m being fined £155 for daring to question the system.

So overall, I view this as yet another shameful aspect of the utter shambles that are the English and Welsh family courts. Good luck anyone embarking on a journey through their choppy waters.