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Supreme Court Case No. 2022/0098: Written Submission

Written case on behalf of HM Advocate General for Scotland for the UK Supreme Court case no. 2022/0098

From:
Office of the Advocate General for Scotland and Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
Published
10 August 2022
Last updated
11 October 2022 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to Scotland

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Written Case on behalf of HM Advocate General for Scotland UKSC 2022/0098

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Written Case on behalf of HM Advocate General for Scotland UKSC 2022/0098

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The Advocate General for Scotland's case: UKSC 2022/0098

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The Advocate General for Scotland's case: UKSC 2022/0098

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Notice of Objection and Notice of Acknowledgement UKSC 2022/0098

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Written response on behalf of HM Advocate General for Scotland to SNP intervention UKSC 2022/0098

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Written response on behalf of HM Advocate General for Scotland to SNP intervention UKSC 2022/0098

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On 9 August 2022 the Advocate General for Scotland submitted this written case to the Supreme Court (case no. 2022/0098), in relation to the reference by the Lord Advocate under paragraph 34 of schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998.

The full written case addresses preliminary issues as well as the substantive issue of competency.

The UK Government’s clear view is that a Bill legislating for a referendum on independence would be outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

On October 5th the Advocate General for Scotland submitted a written response to the intervention by the Scottish National Party (SNP) on 21 September 2022.

Updates to this page

Published 10 August 2022
Last updated 11 October 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added the written response on behalf of HM Advocate General for Scotland to the intervention by the Scottish National Party (SNP)

  2. First published.

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