and why he did not continue to press his case beyond the Privy Council's findings
Fair enough, but please advise what Court is higher than the Privy Council?
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Their Lordships cannot close this lengthy judgement without expressing their conviction that the time has come for all parties to let bygones be bygones as far as the aftermath of the Mt Erebus disaster is concerned.
There were what in retrospect can be recognised as having been faults or mistakes at the enquiry but which,in the circumstances in which the enquiry had to be held and the Judges report prepared, appear to their Lordships for the most part to have been manifestations of human fallibility that are easy to understand and excuse. The time has surely come by now for them to be allowed to be forgotten[/QUOTe
And that statement was many years ago. Why then has Holmes chosen to resurrect the subject, especially with his treatment of Ron Chippendale???.
No need to answer that, it was to create a bit of controversy to help the sale of his book.