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This is an appalling state of affairs. The judiciary increasingly sees administrative convenience as more important than achieving justice. They have allowed themselves to become an arm of the executive and in that regard the separation of powers has come to an end. The changes in the rules were not the invention of the executive and Parliament, they were the brain child of the judiciary with Parliament merely rubber stamping.

The reference by Lady Hale to the limited resources available are not the proper concern of a judge - justice is supposed to be blind, which should mean that outside considerations are not taken into account.

I have trouble finding how it differs from an appeal court dismissing a meritorious criminal appeal because it finds there are too many criminals at large.

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