There's a difference between legally meaningful findings and lobbing opinion on legally non-germane questions.
> Including: “This conduct would amount to offences in English law”
That's a determination the court is called on to make in an extradition case under Section 137 of the Extradition Act.
The conduct being refereed to is part of the issue many people are having here. As the defense argued the conduct is that of an investigative journalist. If such conduct constitutes an offense in the law, then some are worried that there is precedent to charge a wider range of conduct then previously though possible. Weather this is true or not remains to be seen I guess. Either way its a meaningful determination that this judge made.