Brexit Article 50 Challenge to Quickly Move to Supreme Court
- Lawsuit may reach Supreme Court by December, Leveson says
- Brexit won’t begin before the end of 2016, government says
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A lawsuit seeking to force Prime Minister Theresa May to consult parliament before beginning Britain’s exit from the European Union will be taken "very seriously" and may reach the Supreme Court by December, Judge Brian Leveson said.
“The court takes this litigation very seriously and will move expeditiously,” Leveson said during a hearing Tuesday. The case is "of such constitutional importance it is difficult to see why" it won’t move quickly to the Supreme Court after a two-day hearing that starts Oct. 15.