The Supreme Court: why Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was unlawful
From our UK edition
Below is a summary judgment released by the Supreme Court, explaining why the Court ruled that Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament was unlawful and void. We have before us two appeals, one from the High Court of England and Wales and one from the Inner House of the Court of Session in Scotland. It is important, once again, to emphasise that these cases are not about when and on what terms the United Kingdom is to leave the European Union. They are only about whether the advice given by the Prime Minister to Her Majesty the Queen on 27th or 28th August, that Parliament should be prorogued from a date between 9th and 12th September until 14th October, was lawful and the legal consequences if it was not.
