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But, just over a week after a British Supreme Court ruling that Johnson had suspended the parliament unlawfully and weeks before the deadline, anti-Brexit campaigners turned to judges to try to ensure Britain does not leave without a deal.They want the judges to rule that Johnson must abide by a law passed by parliament last month requiring him to delay Brexit if he has not agreed a withdrawal treaty in the next two weeks.
The anti-Brexit campaigners filed two linked challenges to Johnson in Scotland’s Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh and the court’s Inner House, the highest Scottish court. “In the event that neither of the conditions set out ... is satisfied he will send a letter in the form set out in the schedule by no later than 19 October 2019,” said the document posted on Twitter by Maugham.
“I think British politics is so unpredictable right now, that we can’t rely even on the law in Britain in this context,” he told RTE on Friday.