But, with Rangers seeking compensation, the Scottish FA will not provide authorisation for the moves.
Ethics committee permissions were gained and the study also has received approval from the Confidentiality Advisory Group Ethics and Confidentiality committee which provides authorisation to lawfully hold identifiable data on patients without their consent.
Another limitation is that 86 of the 3410 patients originally identified did not provide authorisation for researchers to use their medical records, and therefore could not be included in the medical record review, which is a potential source of bias.
The study also has received approval from the Confidentiality Advisory Group CAGG) Ethics and Confidentiality committee (ECC 8-04(C)/2013), which provides authorisation, on behalf of the Secretary of State, to lawfully hold identifiable data on patients without their consent.
Etihad uses SMSGlobal to provide authorisations for its pilots before their planes take off, and the Australian defence department has signed an A$80,000 contract with the company to provide messaging services for its e-health service.
The key question is whether resolution 1441 has the effect of providing such authorisation.
The resolution is expansive, providing explicit authorisation to member states to take all means necessary – long a euphemism for military force – to protect Libyan towns and cities.
The sole legal question before the supreme court is simple – can the UK government, as a matter of constitutional law, withdraw the UK from the EU without an act of parliament providing prior authorisation to do so?
Apart from the logistical problems created by the camps' isolation, the government has introduced bureaucratic obstacles, including serious delays in providing travel authorisations and visas for aid staff.
As you are aware, the argument that resolution 1441 itself provides the authorisation to use force depends on the revival of the express authorisation to use force given in 1990 by Security Council resolution 678.
