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Report: UK PM Parliament suspension plan lawful, London High Court says

London's High Court ruled that U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend Parliament for five weeks is lawful, after a Scottish court rejected a similar legal challenge to Johnson's plans earlier this week, the Financial Times and The Guardian reported.

Three senior judges in London rejected anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller's claim that Johnson's advice to the Queen to prorogue the parliament for more than a month was illegal. Miller's appeal will be heard in the Supreme Court on Sept. 17.

Meanwhile, another case on a potential parliament suspension is underway in Belfast, The Guardian reported.

The decision comes as the House of Commons on Sept. 4 approved legislation designed to stop an abrupt no-deal Brexit next month and instead seek another delay to the U.K.'s departure from the European Union. The U.K. government is targeting a new motion for Sept. 9 seeking an early general election ahead of the Oct. 31 Brexit date after Johnson failed in his bid to trigger a snap poll.