Ruling is humiliating setback for Michael Gove,who will now be unable to introduce scheme without full parliamentary debateGovernment attempts to introduce a discriminatory residence test for anyone claiming legal aid fill been summarily thrown out in a unanimous supreme court ruling.
Halfway through a two-day hearing, the bench of seven justices in the UK’s highest court abruptly halted the case and announced on Monday afternoon that it had found against the Ministry of Justice.
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Source: theguardian.com