Gina Miller, one of the challengers who brought cases against the government, outside the High Court after the landmark ruling PA:Press AssociationThe prime minister must seek parliament’s approval to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the European Union, the High Court has ruled. In one of the most important constitutional cases in generations, three senior judges ruled that Theresa May did not have power to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to start the two-year process of negotiating Brexit without the prior authority of parliament. Within minutes of the decisive ruling by the Lord Chief Justice and two other judges, Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, told the House of Commons that the government would appeal to the Supreme Court. A government spokesman said: “The government is disappointed by the court’s judgment. The country voted to leave the European Union in a referendum…

Source: The Times November 03, 2016 12:03 UTC