Euro court must be reined in, declares top judge: Former Lord Chief Justice says it is undermining Parliament's sovereignty Lord Judge says European Court shouldn't impose rulings on UK He is the most senior figure to criticise the Court Remarks will be welcome to David Cameron as he seeks to curtail powers Lord Judge, who resigned as Chief Justice in September, has said the European Court of Human Rights shouldn't impose ruling on the UK The former head of Britainâ€™s judiciary has said European judges are creating a â€˜very serious problemâ€™ by undermining Parliamentâ€™s sovereignty. Lord Judge, who was the Lord Chief Justice until September, said the unelected European Court of Human Rights should not impose rulings on the UK. He also challenged the courtâ€™s president, Judge Dean Spielmann, saying: â€˜His view means that the court in Europe is entitled to tell every country in Europe how it should organise itself.â€™ The remarks come weeks after Lord Judge warned that the ECHR was seeking to become a US-style â€˜Supreme Court of Europeâ€™. The comments, the strongest by such a senior figure, will be welcomed by David Cameron. The Prime Minister has said he wants to â€˜clip the wingsâ€™ of the Strasbourg court and plans to scrap the Human Rights Act, which forces British judges to heed ECHR rulings, if the Tories win the 2015 general election. MPs have been angered by a 2005 ECHR ruling, in a case brought by axe killer John Hirst, that Britainâ€™s blanket ban on prisoners voting is unlawful. As a result, there have been suggestions terrorists, murderers, rapists and paedophiles could be granted the vote during the last six months of their jail sentence. The ECHR has also said that giving criminals whole-life tariffs is a breach of human rights. Lord Judge said Britain should â€˜take account ofâ€™ its rulings, but the Human Rights Act â€˜does not mean we are bound by the decisionsâ€™. He said: â€˜The most fundamental principle of our unwritten constitution is parliamentary sovereignty. â€˜Our elected representatives have ultimate sovereignty over not only our own judges, but in my view the unelected judges of any other jurisdiction.â€™ He called for politicians to intervene, saying: â€˜My very strong belief is that this issue needs to be resolved by Parliament. Just weeks ago Lord Judge also criticised the Court (pictured) for wanting to become a US-style Supreme Court of Europe â€˜It means legislation can be made by judges on all sorts of societal issues. If thatâ€™s the position, thereâ€™s a very serious problem of sovereignty. It affects every country in Europe. â€˜My own view is, stop here. â€˜Of course, it is a valuable court, it offers us insights we might not otherwise have. Thatâ€™s rather different from giving this particular court this particular sovereignty.â€™ One ECHR official, who did not want to be named, told BBC Radio 4â€™s Today programme some European judges were unqualified. He said: â€˜We know that around half the Strasbourg judges had no judicial experience before going to the court, which means itâ€™s no surprise they go off on judicial frolics of their own.â€™ Lord Judgeâ€™s comments came as the ECHR president, Judge Spielmann, criticised MPs for neglecting the â€˜rights of criminalsâ€™. He added that Britain might be forced to leave the European Union if it does not allow some prisoners to vote. He said: â€˜I cannot see how the United Kingdom could remain a member of the Council of Europe [the organisation that set up the ECHR] while at the same time withdrawing from the [European] convention on human rights. â€˜I can hardly see how a member of the European Union could possibly withdraw from the Council of Europe. â€˜From a political perspective it might be very difficult to stay in the European Union.â€™