Media captionLive: Brexit Supreme Court case Allowing ministers to trigger Brexit without consulting MPs would “violate” basic principles of constitutional law, the Supreme Court has been told.
Lord Pannick QC said the significance of June"s EU referendum was political, not legal.
He also said any other Commons votes related to Brexit were irrelevant to the case.
The government insists there is no need to consult Parliament before triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Live: Supreme Court Brexit case Day one: The government says it can trigger Article 50 Day two: Campaigners say Parliament must have a say Man arrested over threats to Brexit case campaigner But Lord Pannick, who is representing campaigner Gina Miller, argued there was nothing in UK legislation giving ministers the power to act alone.
He was grilled by Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger, who said it might seem “surprising” if the EU referendum had “no legal effect”.
Lord Pannick said this had been the int..
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