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Originally Posted by martyh
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The Courts haven't "bottled" anything - they do not make the Law in this country. Our elected representatives in Parliament do. All the Courts should ever do is make rulings on how the Law as it stands, applies in various situations. If we ever get to a place where the courts, by their decisions, are acting to change the law, then that is the end of democracy in the UK.
The appellants in this case live in what are obviously tragic circumstances, but one or two people do not have the right to overturn the law to suit themselves, no matter how deserving they feel their situation to be.
The only proper route for achieving what they want is the same democratic means that are open to all of us. They can lobby for a change in the law, which would then be brought about by an Act of Parliament.