Supreme Court to hear referendum case in October
Provisional dates of 11 and 12 October have been set for hearing the Lord Advocate's reference on the competence of the Scottish Parliament to legislate for an independence referendum.
The UK Supreme Court said today that the listings for the coming term would be published at the end of September, at which point the panel of judges to hear the case will also be named.
At the hearing the court will also consider the question, posed by the UK Government, of whether the reference should be dismissed as premature since there is no bill approved by the Parliament to consider.