Mark your cheque for about £50k to HMCS...........
no one will challenge. We know that. The tocs know that.
I said this would happen. You all said it wouldnt. Where next?
I'm not implying that anyone will challenge this particular 'suspension'; I'm saying that the fact that no-one challenges this case sets no *legal* precedent for future cases which might well be challenged in court.** Also, if any attempt is made to 'try it on' with a station which people *actually* use, it's possible that a suitably worded legal letter might be enough to prevent it, a full-scale court case might not be necessary if they know they're on very shaky legal ground.
Anyhow, for the avoidance of doubt, I think this is a *very bad* thing, and that any 'suspension', if allowed at all *should* be only for a defined period, subject to review, and subject to a basic maintenance regime.
** I am not a lawyer but I understand that the defence that 'someone else did this somewhere else and was not challenged/prosecuted/sued' would have no legal weight, e.g. you can't get off for speeding because 'people do it all the time' or in a civil case, you can't be excused a debt on the grounds that other people's debts have not been pursued. It would probably only be relevant in a *specific* case, e.g. attempting to challenge the suspension of service to IBM halt after 20 years.