A recent case is instructive about how difficult it for the English legal system to right a wrong
“How this could be a “finely-balanced decision” perhaps would astonish any sensible person.”
Are you suggesting that the Court of Appeal judges are not sensible people?
It is pure tribalism - judges sticking together as far as they can get away with because one day they might need their own back scratched. All professions, vocations, or teams of any kind behave in this way. It is human nature.
“How this could be a “finely-balanced decision” perhaps would astonish any sensible person.”
Are you suggesting that the Court of Appeal judges are not sensible people?
It is pure tribalism - judges sticking together as far as they can get away with because one day they might need their own back scratched. All professions, vocations, or teams of any kind behave in this way. It is human nature.