It's not so much that the BPA are lazy, it's just that the way they are set up is totally biased towards the PPCs. Membership fees are (I believe) based on turnover/profit - the more you earn the higher your membership fee - which of course was fine (for them) when they were the only 'regulator' in existance and you had to be a member to get ownership details from DVLA. Then the IPC came along, an unholy alliance between a bunch of ex-clampers and a firm of solicitors. They are cheaper to join than the BPA and (allegedly) run a 'kangaroo court' appeal system called the IAS, where, (allegedly) the assesors are hand picked by the directors to guarantee a 'win' for the PPC. Now, the boot is definitly on the other foot, if the BPA give out too many "sanction points" to their members they can simply go "f*** you, I'm off to the IPC to get my keeper details". The BPA cannot afford to do this, not with PoPLA (allegedly) heamoraging money, having to keep Trouser Fire in asbestos chino's and Dr Bellend in...err, yes, whatever they have to keep her in!
While I have no sympathy for the upper echelons of the BPA, I do not want to see the day when the IPC are the sole 'regulator', or even more money is taken from the pockets of hard pressed motorists/council tax payers to provide one.
Good Luck to Mr Beavis, and hopefully the Supreme Court will deliver the correct verdict.