| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? 22:28 - Jul 31 with 434 views | Davillin |
Immense question for the U.K., I believe. And you?
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Supreme Court Will Reign Supreme over Human Rights Laws, Pledges Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling said the Tories planned to replace Labour’s human rights act and ensure British law would return to a better 'balance of rights in responsibilities' in law and would make 'supreme court supreme again'.
By Georgia Graham, and Christopher Hope5:39PM BST 31 Jul 2014
Ministers will “curtail” the power of Europe's human rights laws to ensure that British courts are “supreme”, the Justice Secretary has said.
Chris Grayling said the Tories planned to replace Labour’s human rights act and ensure British law would return to a better “balance of rights in responsibilities” in law and would make “supreme court supreme again”.
In his first comments since David Cameron’s reshuffle removed Dominic Grieve and Ken Clarke, the most prominent Conservative supporters of European human rights laws, from their cabinet roles the Justice Secretary said he would not “single out” Mr Grieve as “the problem” that had been blocking such reforms.
However supporters of the European legislation fear Mr Grieve’s demotion from Attorney General to the backbenches is a signal that the Conservatives will go into the next election committed to repealing the Human Rights Act, and possibly leaving the European convention on human rights.
Mr Grayling said that the policy document and draft bill setting out how to scrap the Human Rights Act and pull out of the European court of human rights which he promised last September will be published in “due course”.
He said the reforms would be supported by the “vast majority” of the British public and will be a popular move with many Euro-sceptic backbenchers.
Following his demotion Mr Grieve has vowed that he will now defend human rights legislation from the backbenches.
Mr Grayling said: “We have a clear set of proposals in regards to the human rights act and they will involve curtailing the role of the European Court of Human right in the United Kingdom, they will involve replacing Labour human rights act, they will involve having a balanced of rights and responsibilities in our law because I think the two go together and then we will make our supreme court supreme again.
He added: “I wouldn’t want to single out Dominic and say he somehow is the problem or was the problem. Dominic has been a very good colleague and he is a friend of mine, I very much respect the work he did as attorney general, I was sorry to see him return to the backbenches.
“I know he will be a powerful performer in the backbenches and like all the backbenchers he will never agree with all that his party is doing.”
Under the plans, MPs could be given a veto over unpopular decisions made by the European Court of Human Rights.
The Human Rights Act would be replaced with a new British Bill of Rights to give MPs and peers the ability to ensure that unpopular rulings of the European Court in Strasbourg do not apply to the UK.
A passage in the 1998 Human Rights Act which requires minsters to have regard to the European Court will be dropped.
This would have the effect of making the Supreme Court the final arbiter of complex human rights cases, not the European Court in Strasbourg.
The change will be enacted in two stages if the Conservatives win May’s general election outright.
Within months of the party forming a Government legislation would be brought forward to replace the Human Rights Act with a UK Bill of Rights.
The second stage of its implementation will see the Government negotiate with the Council of Europe and the European Court about how the new relationship will work.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11003826/Supreme-Court-will |  |
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| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 00:20 - Aug 1 with 409 views | Highjack |
Sounds good to me. |  |
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| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 00:32 - Aug 1 with 403 views | epaul |
| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 00:20 - Aug 1 by Highjack |
Sounds good to me. |
No f*ckoffcamoronyouc*nt |  |
| The hair and the beard have gone I am now conforming to society, tis a sad day
The b*stards are coming back though |
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| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 06:13 - Aug 1 with 374 views | Highjack |
| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 00:32 - Aug 1 by epaul |
No f*ckoffcamoronyouc*nt |
What a thoughtful and insightful response. | |
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| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 06:20 - Aug 1 with 369 views | Pacemaker |
| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 06:13 - Aug 1 by Highjack |
What a thoughtful and insightful response. |
The HRA was brought in to protect the innocents of this world and still does a good job of that. The fact that some lawyers stretch it's meanings to banal areas is more the fault of the judiciary for allowing it.
We could just go back to pre 1945 legislation to sort out all those problems that seem to be annoying people, there are still plenty of people in power throughout Europe and beyond who would use genocide again. |  |
| Life is an adventure or nothing at all. |
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| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 09:24 - Aug 1 with 327 views | 1jack |
| O.K., this is a BIG one -- Ditch EU Human Rights Act and European Court? on 06:20 - Aug 1 by Pacemaker |
The HRA was brought in to protect the innocents of this world and still does a good job of that. The fact that some lawyers stretch it's meanings to banal areas is more the fault of the judiciary for allowing it.
We could just go back to pre 1945 legislation to sort out all those problems that seem to be annoying people, there are still plenty of people in power throughout Europe and beyond who would use genocide again. |
This is the problem, the HRA in itself is a very good thing, it's the lawyers taking the p155 that ruins it. |  | | |
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