The court has capitulated that because the advice was unlawful

then proroguing parliament for this reason is unlawful.

But... DOY asked the question if "unilateral prorogation is illegal per se"

And it is not unlawful because without prorogation you cannot have a new session of parliament

Posted By: KetteringRyu on September 11th 2019 at 13:21:53

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Proroguing question (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 11, 12:35:35
- I can;t find the full text but I believe what the court has said is that (General Chat) - Jim, Sep 11, 12:53:24
  - They found it unlawful (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 12:59:52
    - You really need to choose your battles (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 13:22:12
      - It’s a fact it was found unlawful (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 13:25:38
        
        The findings i agree as they are in print. I dont agree that it is unlawful (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 13:28:07
    - And the Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales found it lawful (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 11, 13:04:54
      - And now a higher court has found it unlawful (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 13:10:14
        
        This is the battle you probably might have chosen to avoid ;-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Sep 11, 13:22:49
        
        Not a battle, there is no disagreement (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 13:24:43
    - Yes but DOY was asking why they found it unlawful (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Sep 11, 13:01:34
- See. This is why it is a terrible idea to make judicial judgements on political decisions (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 12:40:52
  - That doesn't answer the question (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 11, 12:42:08
    - It does if you had read underneath (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 12:45:20
      - I've read up on it (General Chat) - duke of york, Sep 11, 12:46:22
        
        No, that is the same argument... (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 13:20:03
        
        The decision to prorogue was unlawful (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 13:22:48
        
        He really should read the court findings (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 12:48:33
        
        The court has capitulated that because the advice was unlawful (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 13:21:53
        
        No shit Sherlock! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 13:23:25
        
        Sorry, just realised you are simply just stating what the court has said (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 13:32:08
        
        Yep sound findings for me (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 11, 13:34:15
        
        Soon to be "null and void" but nevertheless interesting. (n/m) (General Chat) - KetteringRyu, Sep 11, 13:38:15
- the former (n/m) (General Chat) - fal5taff, Sep 11, 12:40:40

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