Judges to issue Brexit challenge ruling

Leading judges with the task of ruling on the historic Brexit legal challenge at the High Court in Britain are to give their decision today.

The announcement will be made at 10am in London by Chief Justice Lord Thomas, Master of the Rolls Terence Etherton, and Lord Justice Sales.

A number of applicants have challenged prime minister Theresa May’s strategy for Brexit in what has been described as one of the most important constitutional cases in generations.