To the ECtHR to replace Sir Nicholas Bratza (current President) -
the unknown Paul J. Mahoney (83 votes), who was the Court's registrar 2001-2005 and indeed has worked at the Court after spending only 4 years as a Barrister in London 1972-1974. He beat
Ben Emmerson QC of Matrix (48 votes) (would not have done well with the Torries) and
Rachel Agnello QC of 11SB (looks very boring and no HR experience? - 27 votes) in the elections (voted by members of the Parliamentary Assembly drawn from the member states). No doubt a knighthood is on its way....
To the ECJ to replace Sir Konrad Schiemann,
Christopher Vajda QC of Monckton Chambers (looks spot on to me)- who will take up office in October 2012....another knighthood pending?
Still, large parts of the British press and of Parliament will continue to call the ECtHR a "foreign court" - without any justification: http://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/not-such-a-foreign-court/
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