Supreme Court rules SNP CAN intervene in independence referendum case

Robert Reed is the president of the Supreme Court and the former principal judge in the Commercial Court in Scotland

THE UK Supreme Court has granted the SNP permission to intervene in the case on Scotland's right to hold an independence referendum.

The party had applied to be allowed to submit its own arguments to the court in early August, despite the Scottish Government’s top law officer – Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain – already having submitted a case.