Article 50 Brexit case will not be appealed to EU court, says Gina Miller
The result of a government appeal against a judicial ruling that it could not trigger Brexit without parliamentary consent will be the last word on the matter, according to the fund manager who first brought the issue to court.
Gina Miller, the fund manager who along with hairdresser Deir Dos Santos challenged the prime minister's prerogative powers to trigger Article 50, the clause which will set a two year clock on negotiations with the EU, said she would not appeal the decision of the Supreme Court to the European Court of Justice.
Miller and Dos Santos won their case against the government on 3 November, when the High Court ruled that parliament needed to be consulted first.
The government has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court with a hearing expected to start on 5 December and ruling made in the new year.
Miller told Bloomberg TV on Friday: “My particular case is a constitutional one in Britain so I would not be” appealing to the European courts “whatever the outcome.”
“That’s not to say the Supreme Court itself won’t say that aspects of Article 50 need to be debated at an international level.”
The government has said that it is currently preparing legislation to trigger Article 50, despite the setback from the High Court ruling and May said that it had not disrupted her timetable to trigger the clause by the end of March.
The other legal challenges to Brexit were rejected by the Northern Ireland High Court in October, ruling that the 1998 Good Friday Agreement did not prevent the government from triggering Article 50.