U.K. Government Must Disclose Brexit Legal Arguments, Judge Says

By Jeremy Hodges, Bloomberg News

The U.K. government was forced to release its arguments in a high-profile Brexit lawsuit after a judge said the court documents were covered by the principles of “open justice.”

Lawyers for the government had sought to keep their arguments confidential until a full hearing next month, but were challenged by a public-interest group that is seeking to join the lawsuit.

“The court’s order allows a floodlight to be shone on the government’s secret reasons for believing it alone can bring about Brexit without any meaningful parliamentary scrutiny,” John Halford, a lawyer for the group, which is ...