The following is the text of a media release regarding my Claim for Judicial Review of the Prime Minister's Brexit strategy. A legal challenge has been launched in the Administrative Court in London to the Prime Minister’s Brexit strategy. The legal challenge which names the Prime Minister as First Defendant has been launched by a retired Scottish doctor, Dr. Andrew Watt, and includes four Grounds of Claim. The legal challenge goes to the heart of the Prime Minister’s approach to Brexit and includes a challenge to the legality of the Prime Minister’s purported notification letter of 29 th March 2017, on the grounds that the United Kingdom has not taken a decision compliant with Article 50(1) of the Treaty on European Union. The consequence in Law, so Dr. Watt argues, is that the ongoing negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union are unlawful. The most fundamental Ground of the four in Dr. Watt’s Claim is whether or not a decision compliant ...
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