2002-07-13 So, they did appeal to the House of Lords.
Now, let me ask, where does it go from here? If on Monday, the House of Lords decides not to hear their case, then the Court of Appeals decision stands and is binding. But, what will force them to comply, as it is apparent, that they will continue to be defiant and disobey? If the House of lords does decide to hear their case, and again they lose, where does it go from there? Can they appeal higher? Again, what will ever force them to comply? If the present decision is never overturned, will the authorities, like the DTI be able to effectively decertify every scale not in kilograms thus preventing their use? And what about analogue scales in both kilograms and pounds, will they ever be decertified? You know as well as I do, that a dual scale can be used to ignore the kilogram readings. Will a positive ruling force the issue of pricing, or will they continue to price in pounds only? what are the opinions on this? John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2002-07-13 12:40 Subject: [USMA:21031] Appeal decision news >From the Metric Martyrs' site (www.metricmartyrs.com): "The oral hearing to determine whether Leave to Appeal to the House of Lords is to be granted in the Metric Martyrs case to challange [sic] the ruling from the Court of Appeal is scheduled for: 11 am, Monday 15th July 2002. Committee Room 2, House of Lords. For further details click here." -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
