Comment by HPsquared
5 months ago
Judges only interpret the law as laid down by parliament. And, in theory at least, parliament cares about public opinion.
5 months ago
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.