Lord Chief Justice warns Parliament of the consequences of EU acceding to the ECHR

Lord Phillips and Lord Judge, Britain’s two most senior judges, have warned that UK courts are following European Court of Human Rights rulings too strictly and should adopt a more critical approach towards Strasbourg, the Guardian reports. Lord Judge also warned that Parliament should be aware of the consequences of the EU acceding to the European Convention which would result in the ECHR’s decisions becoming fully binding on all member states instead of, as he believed, only requiring UK courts to “take account� of such rulings.


Guardian