A LEGAL bid to stop Brexit is to be lodged at Scotland’s Court of Session before Christmas.

The judges will be asked to refer the issue to the European Court of Justice.

A group of politicians from the SNP, Labour and Scottish Greens have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £50,000 for legal costs to challenge the Brexit process in the ECJ.

Their legal team, lead by Aidan O’Neill QC, is expected to serve the petition at some stage this week.

However, they will seek an urgent hearing in January to ask the court to refer it to the ECJ.

They want to ask the European court to rule on whether article 50 can be revoked by the UK on its own if voters or the Commons decide the final Brexit deal is unacceptable.

Alyn Smith, an SNP MEP, David Martin, a Scottish Labour MEP, and Andy Wightman and Ross Greer, both Green MSPs, are behind the move..

Last night Smith said: “This is a technical, but potentially important point, and the only body that can cut through the blizzard of competing assertions and opinions is the European Court of Justice.

“It is an interesting exercise and I’m glad to be working with such a top Scottish legal team, and colleagues from across the parliaments and parties. There is a real will for clarity and I hope this case will be a significant step towards it.”