A Scottish judge has refused a legal bid to slap a temporary ban onoris Johnson's move to suspend parliament.
Cross-party MPs and peers had filed a fast-track petition at the Court of Session, in Edinburgh,n an attempt to stop the prime minister fromroroguing parliament for more than a month ahead of the 31 Octoberrexiteadline.
Judge Lord Doherty dismissed the request for annterim interdict, ahead of a full hearing originally set for September 6.
He told the court: "I'm not satisfied that it has been demonstrated that there's a need for an interim suspension or an interim interdict to be granted at this stage.
Lord Doherty said a substantive hearing was already set to place on 6 Septemberbefore the first possible date parliament could be prorogued".
But he brought that hearing forward to Tuesday September 3 "in the interest of justice".
More than 70 MPs and peers have brought the legal challenge,eaded by SNP MP Joanna Cherry and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, with support from the Good Law Project.
On Thursday, Aiden'Neill QC, for the petitioners, urged the court to step in and stop the suspension of parliament, arguing it would prevent an "abusive" and "unconstitutional" use of government powers.
Roddy Dunlop QC, representing the British government, called on the judge to reject the request, as the Queen has already prorogued parliament and there is "no reason" to have an interim decision on such an important matter.
Labour MP Ian Murray, one of the petitioners, said he was pleased the full hearingad been "fast-tracked" to next week.
The Edinburgh South MP added:兑t is disappointing that we have to go to the courts to protect British democracy, but Boris Johnson’s attempt to silence the people’s representatives cannot go unchallenged.
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"As well as this legal battle in the Court of Session, the campaign against ao-dealrexit will also take place in the House of Commons.
“We must work tirelessly, across all parties and none, to fight against the devastation of a no-deal Brexit, fight for our democracy, and fight for the people to have a final say on Brexit.”
A UK government spokeswoman said: "As we have set out, the government needs to bring forward a strong domestic legislative agenda, and MPs are not prevented from scrutinising our withdrawal from the EU.
"We are glad the court found against the interdict - there was no good reason to seek one, given the full hearing is due to take place next week, and the process of bringing the session to an end will not start until the week commencing 9 September."