I think what is more pathetic is that a union the size of Unite cannot comply with simple laws!
No one argues with the democratic right to withdraw labour but if you choose to do it comply with the law.
The law is not new, the process is not rocket science so why can it not be followed? Is it too much to ask of your reps, union leaders?
Why do they expect that no compliance should be ignored?
Everyone who is up in arms about this judgement should look not at the judge or BA for bringing the case but at the union for not fulfilling simple procedure. This is not a day when democracy has been steamrollered but a day when true and repeated incompetence has been found out.