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Belfast lawyers Ciaran O'Hare and Conan Fegan have travelled to London to perform a watching brief in the Gina Miller case against the prorogation of Parliament. Mr O'Hare and Mr Fegan are acting as solicitor and junior counsel respectively in a separate court case brought by victims' campaigner Ray

MPs will today vote on legislation aimed at forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request an extension to the Brexit deadline if the UK cannot reach an agreement with the EU this month on the terms of its withdrawal. In a tense Westminster vote last night, MPs voted by 328-301 to take control of t

Lawyers for 78 parliamentarians who claim that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run-up to his Brexit deadline was unlawful today said the court fight would continue. After hearing arguments from both sides in the Outer House of the Court of Session in E

Independent unionist MP Lady Sylvia Hermon has called on the UK government to publish advice from the Crown Solicitor's Office in Belfast on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement. Lady Hermon, MP for North Down, told the House of Commons yesterday that Prime Minister Boris John

The planned five-week prorogation of Parliament will establish a "dangerous precedent" and undermine the "integrity" of the British constitution, a group of legal academics has warned. In a letter to The Times, the group of 21 academics from leading universities and research institutions, including

Paul Craig, professor of English law at St John's College, Oxford and an authority on administrative and EU law, writes about important issues of constitutional principle and law raised by the prospect of prorogation as well as those concerning fact and causation. Constitutional principle and law

The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan, will hear victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord's legal challenge to the prorogation of Parliament tomorrow. Mr McCord launched the challenge in the High Court in Belfast two weeks ago in a bid to prevent the Prime Minister from suspending Parliament to

The UK's advertising regulator has ordered the Home Office to withdraw a "misleading" advert for the post-Brexit EU settlement scheme. In a ruling published today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the radio advert gives listeners the impression that a passport or ID card is the only id

Richard Gray, partner and head of the corporate team at Carson McDowell in Belfast, examines the potential impact of Brexit on the food and drink sector. According to Invest Northern Ireland, the food and drink sector is worth £5 billion to the economy in Northern Ireland. As well as being the

UK government officials have cast doubt on plans to abruptly end European free movement in the event of a no-deal Brexit. According to reports, Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to impose new border controls immediately after the UK leaves the EU if no agreement can be reached by the 31 October deadl

Lisa Bryson, partner and head of employment at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, considers the meaning of Priti Patel's recent announcement on free movement. Reports early this week indicated that the new Home Secretary intends to “end free movement” to the UK of EEA citizens immediately

Several Irish companies which deal in foreign currency are putting themselves at financial risk due to a lack of appropriate hedging in their organisations, according to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Ireland. ACCA Ireland and Bank of Ireland recently launched a new programme to

A no-deal Brexit would disrupt cross-border police co-operation on the island of Ireland, with serious consequences for victims and witnesses of crime, researchers have warned. Academics at the University of Glasgow, the University of Strathclyde and Queen's University Belfast were commissioned by t

UK officials will withdraw from most EU meetings, including important meetings on European law and policy, with effect from 1 September 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs last month that “very many brilliant UK officials” are “trapped in meeting after meeting in Brussels a

Tens of thousands of Irish motorists are driving with UK licenses in spite of a warning that they could become invalid after a no-deal Brexit. Up to 40,000 people are still driving with a UK license, according to new figures from the National Driver License Service (NDLS), The Irish Times reports.