It is in the “public interest” that the UK’s Supreme Court resolves the issue of whether the Scottish Parliament can legislate for a second referendum on independence, justices have been told.
Dorothy Bain KC, the Lord Advocate and the Scottish Government’s top law officer, began a hearing on Tuesday by outlining why she had referred the issue to the court in London.
She told a panel of five justices that it was “necessary” and “in the public interest” that the question of legislative competence was answered by the court.
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