07-12-2016 12:39 via theguardian.com

Brexit: article 50 supreme court hearing day three – live updates

Lawyers continue to make the case as to why only parliament and not government has the authority to trigger article 50 to leave the European Union 11.39am GMTThese are intense exchanges, probably the toughest grilling Pannick has faced so far in this case.Pannick says it cannot be said that the 2015 European Union Referendum Act act clearly removes the inhibition on the ability of the executive to nullify statutory rights.
For the court to infer matters that are not in the act when they are matt
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