The Northern Ireland Appellants' Case

The Written Case to the Supreme Court for the Northern Ireland Applicants is - to the best of my knowledge - not available elsewhere. I have been given permission to publish it here.

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There are two points, in particular, to note.

First, the Applicants are (to the best of my knowledge) the only parties gently to moot the possibility of a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the question of the revocability of a notification under Article 50. Even occasional readers of mine will know that I believe that establishing the revocability of a notification to be the key to changing the political dynamics of the Brexit debate. So I regard this as a significant development.

The relevant extract reads as follows:

Second, the Applicants are Crowd Funded (and look to be operating on a shoestring). It seems to me to be a brave and commendable stance to seek a better balance (at least as I see it - others do differ) between long term strategic goals (opening the door to a better or no Brexit) and short term goals (winning the case).

I have made a donation to the Crowd Justice bid - and I would encourage other readers (who are able) to do so too.

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