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| Brexit Supreme Court case reaches final day | |
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| The legal battle over the UK's exit from the EU draws to a close later. | The legal battle over the UK's exit from the EU draws to a close later. |
| Day four in the Supreme Court includes more from the Scottish government's lawyer on why Holyrood should be consulted before Brexit is triggered under Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty. | |
| The UK government's QC will also get the chance to respond to some of the arguments raised. | The UK government's QC will also get the chance to respond to some of the arguments raised. |
| The judgement on whether Parliament must be consulted before Brexit is triggered is expected in January. | The judgement on whether Parliament must be consulted before Brexit is triggered is expected in January. |
| Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to give notice of the UK's departure from the EU under Article 50 by the end of March - a timetable that was backed by MPs in a Commons vote on Wednesday night. | |
| But while the outcome was welcomed by Brexit campaigners, Downing Street warned it would not override the Supreme Court if it rules that legislation is required before notice of Brexit is served. | But while the outcome was welcomed by Brexit campaigners, Downing Street warned it would not override the Supreme Court if it rules that legislation is required before notice of Brexit is served. |
| The government maintains it has the right to trigger Brexit without seeking Parliament's authorisation, but lost last month's High Court case, leading to the landmark appeal in the Supreme Court. | The government maintains it has the right to trigger Brexit without seeking Parliament's authorisation, but lost last month's High Court case, leading to the landmark appeal in the Supreme Court. |
| Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Brexit campaigner and former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith warned the Supreme Court risked causing a "massive constitutional clash" by "straying into the territory of telling Parliament and government how they want to go about their business". | Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Brexit campaigner and former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith warned the Supreme Court risked causing a "massive constitutional clash" by "straying into the territory of telling Parliament and government how they want to go about their business". |
| But former attorney general Dominic Grieve, who backed Remain, said: "We do not govern in this country by referendum or, for that matter, by Parliamentary motion in the House of Commons." | But former attorney general Dominic Grieve, who backed Remain, said: "We do not govern in this country by referendum or, for that matter, by Parliamentary motion in the House of Commons." |
| The Supreme Court will also hear from other interested parties including citizens of European Economic Area countries living in the UK known as AB parties, and Grahame Pigney's crowd-funded People's Challenge. | The Supreme Court will also hear from other interested parties including citizens of European Economic Area countries living in the UK known as AB parties, and Grahame Pigney's crowd-funded People's Challenge. |