Judges in the Supreme Court heard evidence for and against First Minster Nicola Sturgeon's plan to hold a second independence referendum for the second and final day today.
James Eadie KC, representing the Advocate General for Scotland, continued his arguments before a panel of five justices on Wednesday morning.
During his submission to the court he argued the Scottish Government should not have "farmed out" the referendum Bill to the UK's top court. While in the afternoon session the Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain, representing the Scottish Government, said her reference over the issue of a referendum was not raised "on a whim or willy-nilly".
