UK courts 'not bound by Strasbourg'

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/10/2011 11:57

British courts do not need to abide by the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said.

The Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said that while courts should always take the rulings of the Strasbourg-based court into account, they were not bound by them



http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/press-association/news-detail.html?newsId=N0173831319064783047A&packageId=N0178911319100220830A&lang=en

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
20/10/2011 12:12

Very interesting. We await an actual Supreme Court ruling to give a definitive answer. All rests it appears, on the courts interpretation of the Human Rights Act meaning as to UK courts 'must take account of' rulings by the ECHR.