Day 3 started at 10.30am on 18 October 2016. James Eadie QC continued his submissions followed by Jason Coppel QC for the Government. Lord Pannick then replied followed by Dominic Chambers QC, Helen Mountfield QC, Patrick Green QC and Manjit Gill QC. Mr Coppel QC then briefly replied to the replies. The court rose at 3.40pm and reserved judgment to a future date but in any event ‘as soon as possible’. A link to the complete transcript of Day 3’s proceedings is here.
James Eadie QC (‘JE’)
JE continued his submissions from yesterday. He said that he would spend his allotted time on the issue raised by the Lord Chief Justice (‘LCJ’) yesterday which was how the process of parliamentary supervision would work. He said he would then hand over to Mr Coppel. JE asserted that there would be ‘considerable further Parliamentary involvement in the future. (p 2). He…
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