The case of Harry Shindler and Jacquelyn MacLennan, British expatriates who are not allowed to vote in the EU referendum because they have lived abroad for more than 15 years will be deliberated by the Supreme Court in an an emergency appeal next week. 

Previously, the UK high Court has reserved judgment on whether UK citizens living in other European Union Member States to vote in the upcoming referendum on the UK’s EU membership. The legal challenge was brought by two non-resident UK citizens seeking declaration that Section 2 of the EU Referendum Act 2015, which denies them a vote because they have lived abroad for more than 15 years, is incompatible with their EU law rights.

Read more at The Herald, the Guardian our forum debate on independence referendums, Ruvi Ziegler’s EUDO blog, and Jo Shaw’s paper on voting and unions.