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Author Archives: Robert Pigney
Article 50 ruling to be handed down on 24 January
The UK’s Supreme Court is to give its judgment in the ‘Brexit’ legal challenge at 9.30 AM on Tuesday 24 January. The 11-Justice Court will decide whether to reject or allow the Government’s appeal against the ruling that it cannot … Continue reading
Supreme Court announcement any day now
Rumour and speculation abound regarding the Supreme Court judgement later this month. Apparently the Govt. has asked for and been refused advanced sight of the decision The reason, apparently, was so that it could put contingencies in place. This does … Continue reading
Christmas Greetings and update
iAs 2016 draws to a close and we await the Supreme Court’s confirmation that the UK’s Parliament is the Sovereign authority that Theresa May and her Government must respect and obey, our thoughts turn to the process by which our … Continue reading
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People’s Challenge – Supreme Court report: Day 2
As the video and transcripts of the Supreme Court hearing’s second day demonstrate, a packed court room is no guarantee of rapt attention in a case that involves dozens of technical points and bundle references as well as the most … Continue reading
Watching the Supreme Court and thanks to all our backers and supporters
Next week we see the penultimate stage in this challenge we have mounted on whether the Government has the authority to use ancient Royal Prerogative rights to trigger Article 50 and take the UK out of the EU. The Supreme … Continue reading
The People’s Challenge Written Case – fundamental citizenship rights protected by four hundred years of legal precedent
This morning, the People’s Challenge solicitors filed the 20 comb-bound copies of our Written Case required by the Supreme Court for next week’s hearing.The Case is herein electronic form, published first on Crowd Justice and distributed to our supporters. The … Continue reading
The devolution dimension, unpacking the Government’s appeal case and the new EEA challenge
The Government faced an interesting choice in the aftermath of the Divisional Court’s unanimous and powerful ruling that it had no Royal Prerogative power to invoke Article 50. Seeking a resolution or some other vote of both Houses would have … Continue reading
Art. 50 – Government’s Written Case in support of its appeal
As mentioned in Thursday’s update, the Government has agreed to make its Case available to the public. It can now be read here. The Government’s Case maintains that an Article 50 notification cannot be withdrawn, adding that the Court can … Continue reading
Art. 50 Supreme Court Defence funding target met – Thank you
We are delighted to report to supporters that on the 15th we met our fundraising ‘stretch target’ and are confident that we have sufficient funds to cover the costs of our legal team in the Supreme Court, other expenses and to … Continue reading
An enormous thank you and this is where our Challenge is up to
Fantastically, we have made not only our initial target, but our first stretch target for the relaunched campaign, in just over 24 hours. Our legal team now has really solid backing for the work they will need to do to … Continue reading
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