In a rare appearance at Westminster, Sir Nicolas Bratza came under fire from MPs over a string of controversial judgments, including the blocking of the deportation of hate preacher Abu Qatada and a ruling that prisoners should be given the vote.
MPs also attacked the extraordinary selection system for the court, which allows the 47 member states to nominate judges who have never sat in judgment in their own countries.
At least as a lay magistrate I had been TRAINED! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114652/Euro-judges-judicial-experience--admits-head-court-said-Qatada-stay-UK.html#ixzz1p4MIFbih
