London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been fined for failing to tax a 24-year-old Nissan Micra, according to a court decision made through a fast-track legal process known as the single justice procedure. Khan was found guilty last month, but the case has raised questions about the fairness of the system, which critics call "conveyor-belt justice." Under this system, magistrates handle hundreds of cases daily, often spending less than a minute on each. City Hall officials have argued that the car in question does not belong to Khan or to Transport for London (TfL), suggesting the mayor may have been wrongly convicted. The prosecution was brought by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), a government body that maintains records of drivers and vehicles. The DVLA alleged that Khan was the registered keeper of the car when it was found untaxed on 24 January. A magistrate in a private hearing in Herefordshire, where Khan was not present, ruled against him and ordered him to pay a £220 fine, £85 in costs, and £35.84 in unpaid tax on the vehicle. The case has sparked further scrutiny after the Press Association alerted the DVLA to the conviction, prompting an internal review of the case and the circumstances of the prosecution. Adding to the controversy, court documents revealed that letters from the DVLA regarding the unpaid tax were sent to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in east London instead of the nearby TfL offices. This mistake has raised questions about the accuracy of the information used in the prosecution. Khan may now need to appear in court in person to challenge the conviction. The single justice procedure, introduced in 2015 to handle minor offenses more efficiently, has come under increasing scrutiny. The system, which allows magistrates to sit in private without a full court, has faced criticism for its lack of transparency. In 2024, nearly 59,000 convictions for train fare evasion were overturned after being deemed unlawful, and there were reports of children being wrongly convicted. The system has also drawn attention for its role in convicting elderly people for failing to pay household bills. In Khan’s case, the car in question, a blue Nissan Micra registered in 2002, had its annual tax expire in September 2023, according to court records. The DVLA has not yet commented on the case.