It's highly unlikely Mr Justice Collins would confuse his legal terminology. He will know the difference between "defective" and "faulty".
That being so, MoD merely has to ensure it deals with defects in accordance with mandated policy.
In the case of aircraft, this is mandated airworthiness regulations and underpinning processes and procedures. As MoD has already been trashed by ACM Sir Clive Loader (see Nimrod) for ignoring precisely the same regs, and Des Browne has accepted liability, one assumes some form of amelioration is already in hand. So why should MoD complain about this judgement?
The issue is, how much grace MoD will be given, given it was a deliberate decision in the first place NOT to implement the regs properly. And given so many of the senior staffs disagree with these regs, and actively prevent their implementation, can we hope to see some vacancies arise?
Oh, and it would help if faults were addressed at the same time.