Since libel cases are often complex, expensive and quite long, British judges tend to avoid them.
No British judge can strike down a repressive law.
Badat was sentenced to 13 years in prison by a British judge and has since been released.
British judges must consider the European court's rulings when making their own.
But it kept the price comparisons, and a second British judge found the revised ads to be in contempt.
It is not just that British judges were arrogant and insensitive in this case.
An inquiry headed by a top British judge got under way this week.
A British judge recently moved to begin a full trial after holding a six-week mini-trial where evidence was heard.
Some people, especially on the ideological left, say that British judges are too conservative to care about civil liberties.
A friend, a British judge, showed me how he encourages lawyers to end a lengthy argument.