Supreme Court: Suspending Parliament was unlawful, judges rule
&gt; This court has already concluded that the prime minister’s advice to Her Majesty was unlawful, void and of no effect. This means that the order in council to which it led was also unlawful, void and of no effect and should be quashed. This means that when the royal commissioners walked into the House of Lords it was as if they walked in with a blank sheet of paper. The prorogation was also void and of no effect. Parliament has not been prorogued. This is the unanimous judgment of all 11 justices.<p>This is a very clear and damning verdict.<p>Suspending parliament for five weeks in a critical time would be heavily criticized by the West as a major anti-democratic and authoritarian move in any other country.<p>It&#x27;s something that would have been unimaginable to happen in the UK a few years ago, and will probably burden the UKs political system for a long time.<p>Interesting times indeed.