Date set for Scottish government’s Supreme Court battle over Brexit bill
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The Supreme Court will hear the UK government’s challenge to the Scottish Parliament’s Continuity Bill over two days in July, the court has confirmed.
Hearings will take place before five or seven justices from 24-25 July 2018 to establish whether the bill is within Scotland’s devolved competencies.
Brexit minister Michael Russell has said Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC will argue “it is within the powers of the Scottish Parliament to prepare for the consequences for devolved matters of UK withdrawal from the European Union”.
On the other side of the argument, Attorney General Jeremy Wright QC MP has said the bill risks creating “serious legal uncertainty for individuals and businesses as we leave the EU”.
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