What鈥檚 happening in the Supreme Court?
The World Cup final of constitutional law.
On Tuesday we鈥檙e expecting that the judges of the highest court in the land will rule on whether Boris Johnson鈥檚 decision to shut down parliament ahead of next month鈥檚 Brexit deadline was legal or not. Scottish judges have already declared it unlawful
Just a few weeks ago very few of us could name the most recent Supreme Court case, but it鈥檚 suddenly the centre of attention. The live-stream of the first day of the hearing there last week was watched by more than 4 million viewers making this arguably the World Cup final of constitutional law. Today we鈥檙e asking more about the remit of the Supreme Court: why cases about access to toilets make the cut, who is in charge, and how Supreme Court justice Lady Hale came to be nicknamed the 鈥楤eyonc茅 of the judiciary鈥�. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Dominic Casciani and former barrister and legal journalist Afua Hirsch have been paying very close attention to recent proceedings, and came to the studio to answer our questions.
Presenter: Tina Daheley
Producer: Lucy Hancock
Mixed by Nicolas Raufast
Editor: John Shields
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