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Brexit and the Court of Session

In Wightman, Reclaiming Motion by Andy Wightman MSP and Others Against Secretary of State for Exiting The European Union [2018] ScotCS CSIH 62, the Inner House decided to refer to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling the question “whether, when and how the notification [under Article 50]…can unilaterally be revoked”. The case has been brought by a cross-party group of six Scottish MPs, MEPs and MSPs, along with Jolyon Maugham QC, Director of the Good Law Project, who helped arrange the case after a crowdfunding appeal. They want a definitive ruling from the CJEU on whether or not the UK can halt the Article 50 process without needing the approval of the 27 other EU member states. 
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