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| Court of Session dismisses bid to stop 'illegal' Brexit deal | Court of Session dismisses bid to stop 'illegal' Brexit deal |
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| Scotland's highest civil court has dismissed a legal bid to stop the UK government from passing its proposed EU withdrawal agreement. | Scotland's highest civil court has dismissed a legal bid to stop the UK government from passing its proposed EU withdrawal agreement. |
| Anti-Brexit campaigners argued the deal contravened legislation preventing Northern Ireland from forming part of a separate customs territory. | |
| The UK government said the court should not stop the matter coming before Parliament. | |
| After a hearing in Edinburgh Lord Pentland turned down the petition. | |
| He ruled: "I conclude that the petitioner's applications for interim orders are misconceived and unjustified." | |
| Jo Maugham QC, who lodged the petition at the Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh, tweeted: "As I said yesterday morning, we had to make a decision to issue proceedings for interim remedies quickly or not at all; once the withdrawal agreement reaches Parliament it becomes impossible to challenge. | |
| "That was a difficult decision to make. It is difficult to move quickly and accurately and, the court has found, I got that decision wrong. | |
| "We will review the decision carefully but my instinct is that we are unlikely to proceed to a full hearing for reasons indicated above." |