Rejected petition Call for a judicial review of the legality of the referendum on EU membership

Several articles in newspapers and on social media have questioned the legality of the EU membership referendum. As this is a complex issue it needs experienced legal professionals to explore the issue and come to some decision

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Judicial review is a court process. The courts are responsible for it. You can read more about it here:

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/you-and-the-judiciary/judicial-review/

If you want a judicial inquiry into the referendum, you could sign this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/139567

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 30 June 2016
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