Advice required re appeal following case loss

To all lawyers,

Could you please comment on these set of circumstances and give an opinion please.

BG provided.
No LFO in place on contract completion date.
Completion delayed by developer by 12 months.
Pressured to complete before LFO provided.
Court action commenced 4 months prior to LFO being made available and 8/9 months after original completion date as per the contract.
Complex/amenities uncompleted on original completion date and development suffering from ongoing acts of vandalism.
Apparent lack of developer evidence to support force majeure claim.
Does this sound like a case failure to you, or a borderline case?

Is there a strong case for appeal?

Will the appeal be heard by another judge?

What options remain available if the appeal is lost?

There was a very recent thread started by someone in a very similar position to yourself and the judge of the case said that 12 months delay was wholly justified due to the (fanciful) reasons given by the developer. 8/9 months would seem to be 'reasonable' delay. Also, i think the Judge considered that the claimant simply had changed their mind over buying the property and was looking for an 'escape clause', effectively.

A right bunch of conniving b******s but good luck anyway. We'd all love someone to stick one over the developer trying to wriggle out of their responsibilities.