Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury said that if ministers did not provide clear guidance then judges would simply have to do their best LUKE MACGREGOR/REUTERSBritain’s most senior judge has warned ministers that they must provide much clearer guidance on interpreting European legislation after Brexit or risk judges “making the law” for them. In a tacit attack on the government’s plans to incorporate EU legislation into UK law, the president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, said it was still unclear what weight rulings by the European Court of Justice would have after Brexit. He added that unless ministers clarified the situation judges would just have to “do their best” and it would be “unfair” to blame them for taking decisions that the government disagreed with. “If [the government] doesn’t express clearly what the judges should do about decisions of the ECJ after Brexit, or indeed any other…

Source: The Times August 08, 2017 23:02 UTC