NI: Devolution questions relating to Brexit case referred to Supreme Court
Attorney General John Larkin QC has asked the UK Supreme Court to address questions raised by the failed challenge to the Brexit process by a cross-party group of MLAs.
The High Court in Belfast dismissed the MLAs’ judicial review challenge to the way the Government intends to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.
However, Mr Larkin has referred questions to the Supreme Court as they require further judicial scrutiny, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
The questions are:
Supreme Court justices will consider them next month along with the Government’s challenge to the verdict reached by the High Court in London.