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Schona Jolly QC
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Gove cites the ECHR, Data Protection Act & “safe space” as he refutes the motion, notwithstanding the striking intervention made by Grieve that there was plenty of evidence of improper motive on prorogation.

Grieve pre-empted. Cherry too on the lack of witness statement.
And in fact Grieve stands up to makes that point.

Would he like to explain why no affidavit was filed by any official relating to the circs in which prorogation was decided upon? He will understand suggestion govt explanation is inaccurate & evidence the decision taken earlier.
Gove’s answer is, predictably, hopeless. Doesn’t come close to answering the meat of the question.
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Schona Jolly QC
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As Day 2 of #SupremeCourt prorogation hearing starts, here is the link to the Prime Minister’s written case.

Terrific job being done by ⁦@UKSupremeCourt⁩ staff to keep proceedings as transparent and accessible as possible. supremecourt.uk/docs/written-c…
Essence of Sir James Eadie’s arguments for govt is there are no judicial & manageable standards against which PM’s advice to HMQ to prorogue can be assessed, & that it is not constitutionally appropriate for the courts to seek to do so, since political resolution, not judicial.
Ct (Lord Kerr) asks whether Eadie accepts it is for the court to determine what the limits of the extent of prerogative power are.

Eadie says yes.

Q: Do you also accept that prerogative powers are also constrained by overarching fundamental rights?

A: In some circs, yes.
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Schona Jolly QC
@WomaninHavana
Whatever the ultimate conclusion of the @UKSupremeCourt hearing on justiciability, this is a significant point for starters.

The failure of the Prime Minister to provide a witness statement means the factual findings of the Court of Session are unlikely to be disturbed.
In another age, those factual findings (which were damning of the Prime Minister’s reliability and credibility), should have been enough to trigger his resignation - whether the underlying judicial review succeeded or failed.

Watch this space.
Lord Pannick now making the stt point - A Court may draw adverse inferences of fact against a party where no witness statement produced. Obligation owed to Ct by a public authority to cooperate and make candid disclosure of relevant facts & reasoning behind reason challenged.
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Schona Jolly QC
@WomaninHavana
Here’s the full jmnt in #Cherry.

From a skim, it’s a damning assessment of the PM. No matter what the findings on justiciability next week, surely he must resign.

Court finds prorogation was mooted specifically as a means to stymie any further legislation regulating Brexit.
Lord Brodie: Procedural manoeuvres are the stuff of politics, whether conducted in plmnt or lesser bodies. However, when the manoeuvre is quite so blatantly designed ‘to frustrate plmnt’ at such a critical juncture in UK history, the court may legitimately find it to be unlawful.
If you want to skip straight to some key paragraphs, go to [53]-[60], [91], [123]-[124].

More once I’ve read it properly.
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