Legal action to see whether UK could unilaterally stop Brexit gets go-ahead

The British govt has three weeks to respond to the challenge, before the Edinburgh court - Scotland's supreme civil judicial body - sets a date to hear the case

A group of anti-Brexit Scottish members of parliament has been given the go-ahead to pursue legal action to establish whether the United Kingdom can unilaterally stop the process of leaving the EU, a Scottish court said on Friday.

The Scottish Court of Session has accepted a petition from the cross-party group of seven MPs, excluding British Prime Minister Theresa May’s ruling Conservatives, to determine whether Brexit can be stopped if Britain, acting alone, decides to reverse the process.

The British government has three weeks to respond to the challenge, before the Edinburgh court — Scotland’s supreme civil judicial body — sets a