CO/5050/2017 - The first hearing in the Administrative Court
Yesterday (30th November) at the High Court in London my Claim for Judicial Review of Brexit made its first, low-key appearance before Mr. Justice Stuart-Smith. When I submitted my Claim a few weeks ago I had asked that my Claim for Judicial Review of Brexit be considered by the Administrative Court as an urgent Claim. On 7th November Mr. Justice Supperstone after consideration of the papers refused to consider the Claim on an urgent basis. I then lodged an Application for Reconsideration. On 30th November Mr. Justice Stuart-Smith dismissed my application for reconsideration. The refusal to allow urgency and interim injunctive relief is, perhaps, unsurprising since I asked the Court for an interim injunction preventing the Prime Minister from carrying forward the Brexit negotiations. Since I believe that no lawful Article 50 decision has been taken it follows that, if I'm correct, the Prime Minister has no lawful basis on which to carry out the Brexit negotiations.