Comment by ben_w
16 days ago
UK judges are not elected, and don't do things on the basis of what the public thinks.
This headline comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemies_of_the_People_(headlin...
16 days ago
UK judges are not elected, and don't do things on the basis of what the public thinks.
This headline comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemies_of_the_People_(headlin...
Judges only interpret the law as laid down by parliament. And, in theory at least, parliament cares about public opinion.
Even to the extent that parliament does care — and both this lot and their predecessors have ignored a lot of criticism about this specific law — turning public disfavour into a change to the law is often a slow process.
I don't see UK judges getting motivated to rule in favour of a foreign company because they took their ball and went home, not even in cases where the ball happens to be very popular.