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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

DIVISIONAL COURT



B e f o r e :

THE RT HON THE LORD BURNETT OF MALDON

LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND WALES

THE RT HON SIR TERENCE ETHERTON

MASTER OF THE ROLLS

THE RT HON DAME VICTORIA SHARP DBE

PRESIDENT OF THE QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION

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THE QUEEN on the application of GINA MILLER

Claimant

and



THE PRIME MINISTER

Defendant

and



THE RT HON THE BARONESS CHAKRABARTI CBE

First Intervener

and



THE COUNSEL GENERAL FOR WALES

Second Intervener

and



THE RT HON SIR JOHN MAJOR KG CH

Third Intervener

and



THE LORD ADVOCATE

Fourth Intervener



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Lord Pannick QC, Tom Hickman QC and Warren Fitt (instructed by Mishcon de Reya LLP) for the Claimant

Sir James Eadie QC, David Blundell, Christopher Knight and Richard Howell (instructed by Government Legal Department) for the Defendant

Deok Joo Rhee QC (instructed by Howe & Co Solicitors) for the First Intervener

Michael Fordham QC, Hollie Higgins and Celia Rooney (instructed by Legal Services Department, Welsh Government) for the Second Intervener

Lord Garnier QC, Tom Cleaver and Anna Hoffmann (instructed by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP) for the Third Intervener

The Rt Hon W James Wolffe QC (Lord Advocate), James Mure QC, Alan Maclean QC and Christine O'Neill (instructed by Baker & McKenzie LLP) for the Fourth Intervener



Hearing date: 5 September 2019

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