Oxford Academic’s Role in Supreme Court Decision
A blog post authored by Nick Barber, Jeff King and Tom Hickman has been credited by Lord Pannick QC as providing the source of the successful argument in the Supreme Court case of R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5.
Lord Pannick, the lead counsel for Miller, discussed the history of the case in The Times on the 2nd of February. He wrote that:
‘The litigation had its origins in a blog by three distinguished constitutional lawyers: Nick Barber, of Trinity College, Oxford; Jeff King, of University College London; and Hickman. It was published on Monday, June 27 2016, a few days after the referendum. The core of their argument was upheld by the Supreme Court seven months later.’
The blog post, Pulling the Article 50 Trigger, can be read on the United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association Blog.
Nick Barber, co-director of the Programme for the Foundations of Constitutional Law and Government, commented:
‘I am proud to have played a part in the judicial process that helped protect Parliament’s role in one of the most important constitutional decisions in recent years.’