Introduction
Thursday 13 October 2016 marked the beginning of the hearing over the constitutional question of whether Article 50 may be triggered by the Government without further statutory authorisation. This post provides a report of the day’s proceedings. The two further days are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday next week.
The first section sets out some background information. The next section seeks to summarise the main arguments put forward by Lord Pannick QC for the Lead Claimant, Gina Miller, focusing particularly on interventions from the Bench. Following that, the gist of the arguments made by Dominic Chambers QC, for Dos Santos, will be set out before concluding with Helen Mountfield QC, for the first interveners, who had a brief opportunity to begin her submissions in the final half an hour of the first day’s hearing.
Here is a link to a transcript of proceedings. The RCJ is also to be…
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