alt Hacker NewsMags courts are for petty offences, nothing like this. Contract law and Torts will be heard at the High Court, and transcripts are available via EX107.
The only exceptions are when the judge imposes reporting restrictions or anonymisation (unlikely in a non-criminal case as it's meant to protect the identities of complainants or sensitive witnesses) or for ex parte actions (which are very limited, eg. to cover an emergency injunction to prevent imminent destruction of evidence).
Everything you have said is off the mark.
Magistrates don’t deal with what you term petty offences, their powers have been steadily increasing over time. And indeed any conviction has serious affect on a person even after spent.
The rest of your post is also that of a person with very basic understanding of the matters. So not sure why you commented.