The UK judiciary is famous for setting aside judgments when there's even a hint of the possibility of conflict of interest, certainly compared to other countrie

The UK judiciary is famous for setting aside judgments when there's even a hint of the possibility of conflict of interest, certainly compared to other countries. E.g. the House of Lords in 2000 set aside its own ruling on the extradition of Pinochet ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochet_(No._1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinochet_(No._1) ) because one of the Judges was on the board of an arm of Amnesty International, who submitted an amicus brief in the case. Florian Mueller's 'lax British practices, this would never happen in the US' insinuation is amusingly ridiculous.