ECHR: is Tory plan to snub EU court a 'legal car crash'?

David Cameron wants to curb the European Court of Human Rights but not everyone in his party backs the plan

British Prime Minister David Cameron
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Prime Minister David Cameron is considering plans to limit the power of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the UK.

Conservative lawyers have proposed a new law that would reassert the control of British Parliament, preventing foreign judges from having the final say on human rights issues in this country.

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