. . . As DD insists EU court redundant after Brexit

BREXIT Secretary David Davis will seek to calm Eurosceptic Tory MPs’ fears today by ruling out any legal interference from Brussels after the UK has left the EU.

He will insist that the ‘overarching supremacy’ of the European Court of Justice will end after Brexit.

It follows calls from EU negotiators for the ECJ to have a continued post-Brexit role in protecting the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.

But in an interview on the BBC1’s The Andrew Marr show today, Mr Davis will say: ‘That’s not going to happen.’

The Brexit Secretary will say the rights of EU citizens will be protected by the UK’s eventual withdrawal treaty which will spell out that British courts will take account ‘of what European courts do’. However, he will say: ‘We are not under any circumstances going to be accepting the overarching supremacy of the European Court – that’s going.’

Senior Tory Brexiteers have repeatedly said the role of the ECJ in UK law must end after Brexit, claiming otherwise the country has not regained its sovereignty.

Mr Davis will also make clear Theresa May was right to offer for the UK to continue to contribute to the EU budget during a transition period of up to two years.

And he will pledge that once the UK has left the EU, Britain will be able to do what it wants.

The Brexit Secretary will say: ‘Of course we will diverge, we’ll do things our own way.’