British judges not bound by European court of human rights, says Leveson

Judge insists UK courts no longer automatically defer to ECHR's rulings, while lawyers rail against Britain's potential repeal of the Human Rights Act Sir Brian Leveson, the judge most famous for his report into press ethics, has said he does not consider himself "crushed by the European jackboot" when it comes to applying the European convention of human rights in British courts. Leveson told an audience at the Hay festival that UK judges were not bound by the decisions of the European court of...