In just a week after British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke about her government’s vision for the upcoming negotiations with the European Union, UK’s top court is set to announce whether the government can take a decision to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty by itself or it needs the parliamentary approval for that. In December High Court of the United Kingdom ruled that the government does not have the power to trigger Article 50 and must take a vote before triggering it. On 24th of January, UK’s highest court will announce its verdict in the morning.

The Supreme Court hearing is very important, especially because the governments in Welsh and Scotland have argued that triggering Article 50 impacts devolution settlements and argued that such makes the matter which is traditionally reserved for the parliament is Westminster should be put before regional parliaments too. In plain words, Welsh and Scotland should have voting powers too.

Prime Minister Theresa May has already floated the idea in her Tuesday speech that her government might lose the case and if that comes true, the triggering of Article 50 would become a more complicated issue.