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Lawyers know the benefits of EU law and the ECJ for people in this country. Eg the Working Time Directive which granted all workers statutory holiday rights and protection on breaks and hours. Previously it was the employer's choice how much to give, and often nothing was with atypical workers. Well observed piece on itv news about the irony of the government "position papers": leave the EU but we need equivalent arrangements across the board so let's replicate them. So no ECJ "directly". Ahem. Customs agreement instead of customs union. You couldn't make up the contortions the government is making to satisfy the most religiously anti-EU wing of its party. As with the original broken promise of no transition period, it'll all continue to unwind as reality bites and voters realise they're getting poorer and EU and non-EU immigration will continue little reduced. Even the Great Repeal Bill allows the courts to continue to adhere to ECJ decisions.
Gambling with everyone's present and future, reducing economic confidence, unwinding all the benefits of EU membership but trying to get the same, whilst making the country poorer (see the continuing death of the pound making holidays, imported goods and people's daily shopping, more expensive for everyone). All for some abstract concept of taking back sovereignty.