By Ben Kerrigan-
The Scottish and Welsh governments will have a say in the Supreme Court battle over how, when, and if Article 50 should be triggered to commence the formal process of Brexit.
Scotland recently put in a request to have a say in the raging Brexit battle, and the Supreme Court has agreed to give them a say.
The government has appealed the High Court ruling that MPs must get a vote on triggering Article 50, and the Supreme’s court
confirmation that Wales and Scotland’s senior law officers will be allowed to take part in the appeal, will further complicate the legal process.
UK PM Theresa May, re-iterated her vow to begin the formal process of Brexit by 2017 “on track”
May told a joint press conference with German Chancellor, Angela Merkeel, with EU leaders in Berlin: “We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by the end of March 2017 and I want to see this as a smooth process, an orderly process, working towards a solution that’s in the interests of both the UK and also in the interests of our European partners.”
Supreme Court Confirm Scotland And Wales Say
May’s comments came after the Supreme Court confirmed that Scotland’s senior law officer, the Lord Advocate, had been invited to address the court on the relevance of points of Scots law. The Counsel General for Wales is also set to add to the legal arguments of parliamentary sovereignty, and the rule of law.
The hearing, due to start on 5 December will last four days. The Scottish government insists that the U.K stance unlawful, claiming that invoking Article 50 would involve a “fundamental alteration” in the UK’s constitutional arrangements and the rights of Scottish people – who voted to remain in the EU – about which the Hollywood parliament should be consulted.
11 Supreme Court judges will hear the case, with President Lord Neubegger The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain- the self-proclaimed representatives of the rights and welfare of some of the most vulnerable and under-represented workers in the UK”, has also been given permission to make submissions to the Supreme Court.
The ruling by three High Court judges that the prime minister does not have the power to use the royal prerogative to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to start the two-year process of negotiating Brexit without the consent of Parliament has sparked this overflow of legal submissions from the Scottish and the Wales.
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The legal challenge over Brexit was brought by investment fund manager and philanthropist Gina Miller and London-based Spanish hairdresser Deir Dos Santos and the People’s Challenge group, set up by Grahame Pigney and backed by a crowd-funding campaign.