“…The authorities the judge had in mind were Imperial Tobacco Ltd v AG [1981] AC 718, at 742; R (Bus and Coach Association Ltd v SST [2019] EWHC 3319 para.[47]. I would only add that in addition, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett said recent…”
“…al proceedings, any such observations would, on proper analysis, have been meaningless. In the language of Lord Lane in Imperial Tobacco Ltd v Attorney General [1981] AC 718, 752 the criminal court would not be bound by any such pronouncement.”…”