Letter: Human rights?

Expensive human rights David Maxwell-Fyfe may have thought human rights legislation wasn't "to defend the interests of the rich and powerful" (Comment, 5 November).

By The Newsroom

Published 8th Nov 2010, 19:18 BST

Updated 8th Nov 2010, 19:18 BST

But human rights law works in an individualistic liberal democracy through a person going to court. How many people can afford that?

Ellis Thorpe

Inverurie