But critics say the court has grown too big and too expensive. Stephen Booth, research director at Open Europe, a think tank seeking EU reform, said: “The ECJ’s huge caseload illustrates just how wide-ranging its influence on our lives has become, particularly as the EU’s powers have grown over the last two decades. But despite the enormous impact its rulings could have on the UK’s future in the EU, the Court and its judges are subject to little or no scrutiny. This simply has to change.”