Boxes of legal documents are wheeled in to the Supreme Court in London this morning for the hearing

Boris Johnson could refuse to recall MPs even if judges declare his decision to suspend parliament unlawful, the government told the Supreme Court.

Sir James Eadie QC said that it “doesn’t terribly matter whether the thing is declared void” and suggested that the prime minister could simply prorogue parliament again on a “lawful basis”.

Government lawyers wrote to the Supreme Court last night detailing Mr Johnson’s intentions if judges rule that prorogation is unlawful. However, they have so far resisted making the document public.

This morning justices repeatedly interrupted Ronan Lavery, QC for Raymond McCord, the Northern Ireland victims’ rights campaigner, as he argued that the European Union was a “peace project” and that a no-deal Brexit would put up borders on the island