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The outcome of this case has had continuing relevance, most notably in 1999, when the British Parliament discussed the creation of the Scottish Parliament.It has been discussed in a number of later decisions of the courts, notably Gibson v Lord Advocate 1975 SC 136, and the English case of Jackson v Attorney General, [2005] 3 WLR 733.
He also mounted a legal challenge, MacCormick v. Lord Advocate, over the right of Queen Elizabeth using the title Queen Elizabeth II, on grounds that there had been no previous Scottish Queen Elizabeth. [3] [4] In 1955 MacCormick had a book detailing his activities in the home rule movement published, entitled The Flag in the Wind.
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MacCormick v Lord Advocate, which Hamilton brought with rector John MacCormick against the Crown, failed. [6] The Inner House of the Scottish Court of Session held that the monarch's title is the sole prerogative of the sovereign , and the Crown had accepted a system whereby regnal numbers were taken from the larger of both former kingdoms in ...
The two-day hearing is taking place in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
A legal case, MacCormick v. Lord Advocate (1953 SC 396), was taken to contest the right of the Queen to title herself Elizabeth II within Scotland, arguing that to do so would be a breach of the Act of Union.
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Court of the Lord Lyon. Lord Lyon King of Arms; Children's Reporter Administration. ... MacCormick v Lord Advocate; West v Secretary of State for Scotland; References