Wheeler v Prime Minister and others

You’ll know by now that Stuart Wheeler’s judicial review of the government’s refusal to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty has failed: here’s the judgment. This is hardly a surprise: it was always a hopeless case. The real surprise will be if he decides to waste his wealth appealing.

And of course the wrath of Richards LJ about the government’s intention to continue the ratification process turns out to have been a bit of a storm in a teacup.