> Of kilopascal > 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?
The House of Lords is the highest court in the UK and acts as the supreme court of appeal. It is the final civil court in the whole of the UK. It is the final criminal court for the whole of the UK except Scotland. The judicial functions are only carried out by judges within the House of Lords (they are called 'Law Lords'). Cases can be taken further to European Courts (because the law in the UK permits this). >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. I don't quite understand what you are asking. However, here is what I understand to be the current position: The law in the UK mandates: * Prices must be displayed in metric units (with some exceptions). * Scales must be capable of displaying metric units. The law in the UK permits (by not forbidding): * Prices displayed in metric and also UK imperial * Scales capable of displaying metric and also UK imperial * Scales using analogue or digital methods. Thus, despite the media reports, the metric martyrs and their customers are still permitted, within the law, to trade in UK imperial units. -- Terry Simpson Human Factors Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.connected-systems.com Phone: +44 7850 511794
