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U.K. High Court Rules Article 50 Cannot Be Triggered Without Parliament Vote

The U.K.'s High Court ruled Thursday that Article 50, the trigger for the country's exit from the European Union, cannot be executed without a Parliamentary vote.
The verdict is the biggest blow to date for the government's Brexit plans and essentially indicates that the Prime Minister does not have the power to trigger the exit clause without the consent of lawmakers. The government said it was "disappointed" by the ruling and will appeal to the country's Supreme Court.
"The country voted to leave the European Union in a referendum approved by Act of Parliament. And the Government is determined to respect the result of the referendum. We will appeal this judgement," a government spokesperson said in a statement.
The appeal to the U.K.'s Supreme Court, will likely be heard by a full bench of 11 judges on Dec. 7.
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Prime Minister Theresa May said after the ruling that the government intends to stick to the deadline of triggering the exit clause by the end of March 2017. "We believe the legal timetable leaves time for that," a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said in a statement.
"The British people made the decision and the job of government is to get on with delivering the decision of the British people. This is a matter for the government. We have no intention of letting this derail our timetable," she added. 
The pound surged 1.14% to $1.2445, the highest since Oct. 7 and its biggest single-day gain since August.
The closely watched case was brought by a group of British citizens, led by fund manager Gina Miller, which argued that a unilateral decision by May to trigger the Article 50 exit clause of the Lisbon Treaty would effectively override a 1972 statute that enshrines European law in the U.K.

U.K. High Court Rules Article 50 Cannot Be Triggered Without Parliament Vote

U.K. High Court Rules Article 50 Cannot Be Triggered Without Parliament Vote

The U.K.'s High Court ruled Thursday that Article 50, the trigger for the country's exit from the European Union, cannot be executed without a Parliamentary vote.
The verdict is the biggest blow to date for the government's Brexit plans and essentially indicates that the Prime Minister does not have the power to trigger the exit clause without the consent of lawmakers. The government said it was "disappointed" by the ruling and will appeal to the country's Supreme Court.
"The country voted to leave the European Union in a referendum approved by Act of Parliament. And the Government is determined to respect the result of the referendum. We will appeal this judgement," a government spokesperson said in a statement.
The appeal to the U.K.'s Supreme Court, will likely be heard by a full bench of 11 judges on Dec. 7.
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Prime Minister Theresa May said after the ruling that the government intends to stick to the deadline of triggering the exit clause by the end of March 2017. "We believe the legal timetable leaves time for that," a spokeswoman for the Prime Minister said in a statement.
"The British people made the decision and the job of government is to get on with delivering the decision of the British people. This is a matter for the government. We have no intention of letting this derail our timetable," she added. 
The pound surged 1.14% to $1.2445, the highest since Oct. 7 and its biggest single-day gain since August.
The closely watched case was brought by a group of British citizens, led by fund manager Gina Miller, which argued that a unilateral decision by May to trigger the Article 50 exit clause of the Lisbon Treaty would effectively override a 1972 statute that enshrines European law in the U.K.

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