Hearing date for the reference by the Lord Advocate
21 July 2022
Update on the reference by the Lord Advocate under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 under the Supreme Court’s devolution jurisdiction.
A date for the hearing has been provisionally set for 11 – 12 October 2022.
The panel will be announced in the Michaelmas Term listings, which will be published on the Supreme Court website at the end of September.
We will announce further details via the UKSC website and Twitter account in due course.
For media enquiries, and to subscribe to updates about this case, contact the Supreme Court press office via Sophia.LinehanBiggs@supremecourt.uk and Cloe.Ofori@supremecourt.uk.
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Previous Updates:
- Update on the reference by the Lord Advocate (issued on 19 July 2022)
- Reference by the Lord Advocate to the Supreme Court (issued on 28 June 2022)