The WLR Daily case summaries
[2019] WLR (D) 511
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (Miller) v Prime Minister (Chakrabarti and others intervening)
[2019] EWHC 2381 (QB)
2019 Sep 5; 11
Lord Burnett of Maldon CJ, Sir Terence Etherton MR, Dame Victoria Sharp P
Crown— Minister— Exercise of prerogative power— Prime Minister advising Crown to prorogue Parliament— Whether separation of powers permitting court to assess relationship between executive and Parliament— Whether prerogative of prorogation justiciable— Whether parliamentary sovereignty enforceable legal principle— Whether court empowered to assess lawfulness of length and reasons given for prorogation