Brexit: Judge rejects parliament shutdown legal challenge
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Lord Doherty: "This is political territory and decision making which cannot be measured against legal standards."
Media captionLord Doherty: "This is political territory and decision making which cannot be measured against legal standards."
A Scottish judge has rejected a bid to have Boris Johnson's plan to shut down parliament ahead of Brexit declared illegal.
The case was brought to the Court of Session in Edinburgh by a cross-party group of 75 parliamentarians, who argued the PM had exceeded his powers.
But Lord Doherty ruled on Wednesday that the issue was for politicians and voters to judge, and not the courts.
He said there had been no contravention of the law by the UK government.
The group of MPs and peers behind the legal challenge, who are headed by SNP MP Joanna Cherry and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, will have their appeal against the ruling heard by three Inner House judges on Thursday