European Court Of Human Rights and independance of the judicary

The European Court Of Human Rights 

• Shireby vs UK, appeal allowed, means men get "widows benefit"
• Mcdonnel vs UK, Mcdonells mother was given 18 grand, no inquisition into his death 
• NJDB vs UK appeal against decision not to grant him legal aid for a child custody case, appeal was refused 
• Voting rights for UK  prisoners 2015, prisoners appealed to get the vote, UK just refused 
• Uk still sovereign so can technically refuse the courts decision if parliament agrees
• However all 17 countries in the eu have to comply
• Dosent matter anyway as we will be leaving in 2019 after the result of the 2016 election 
• However we are still technically under their jurisdiction for now 

The Independance of the Judicary 

• Judicary is independant of the government, M vs home office, m won so judicary independant 
• However parliament can just create a…