European court is not superior to UK supreme court, says Lord Judge.
The law should be changed to make it clear that British courts are not obliged to implement judgments of the European court of human rights (ECHR), according to the former lord chief justice.
Declaring that Strasbourg "is not superior to our supreme court" in London, Lord Judge, who retired in October, said parliamentary sovereignty should not be exported to "a foreign court".
He is the third senior judicial figure in recent weeks to warn about the dangers of an emerging "democratic deficit" if the ECHR continues to evolve into in effect a law-making body and forces the UK government to give prisoners the vote against parliament's expressed will.
Last week Lord Justice Laws, the longest-serving court of appeal judge, called on UK courts to stop deferring to Strasbourg on every issue. The week before, the supreme court justice Lord Sumption criticised the ECHR for exceeding its legitimate powers, and undermining the democratic process.
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/dec/04/european-court-uk-supreme-lord-judge
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