Brexit

Elaine Motion, executive chairman at Scottish law firm Balfour+Manson, writes on the significance of language in the Article 50 case currently before the Scottish courts. Language is critical in politics and the law, not least in the unfolding political and legal machinations of the Brexit process.

The former Advocate General for Northern Ireland has warned that Brexit risks undermining the rule of law in Northern Ireland if the UK government doesn't change course. Dominic Grieve, Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland from May 2010 to July 2014, made

Dr Vincent Power, head of the EU, competition and procurement group at A&L Goodbody, considers the likely outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Like all good soap operas, viewers of Brexit wonder whether there will or won't be a deal by 11pm Irish time on Friday 29 March 2019.

Leading Irish lawyers voiced frustration with Britain's lack of progress on the issue of human rights protections after Brexit at the Hibernian Law Journal's annual lecture.

More than 80 lawyers and legal academics are among the 1,000 signatories of an open letter calling on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to ensure the rights of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland are protected after Brexit. The letter has been published in a double-page advert in The Irish News today and follow

Lawyers have urged Theresa May and MPs to support the People's Vote on Brexit, arguing in a letter that “democratic government is not frozen in time”. Among the signatories is Sir David Edward, a former Scottish judge and European Court of Justice judge.

The Attorney General of Ireland, Séamus Woulfe SC, will join a distinguished panel of human rights lawyers to address the annual lecture of the Hibernian Law Journal next week. “One Island, Two Systems: The Future of Rights Post-Brexit” will take place at the Law Society's headqua

A&L Goodbody has urged Northern Ireland businesses to "act now to start preparing for Brexit", in spite of uncertainty about the shape of the Brexit deal. The law firm issued the warning at a Brexit breakfast in Belfast this afternoon, hosted in partnership with the NI Chamber of Commerce &

Professor Colin Harvey, professor of human rights law at QUB School of Law, writes on the impact that Brexit could have on human rights in Northern Ireland. The impact of Brexit on human rights and equality in Northern Ireland is gaining increased attention. This is welcome. The public conversation

The latest edition of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly shines a special spotlight on the European Union after Brexit. The special issue, Vol 69 No 3, resulted from the "Brexit - 15 Months On" conference hosted at Queen's University Belfast last September.

Matheson and UCD Sutherland School of Law have jointly hosted the first Brexit-focused event at the newly-opened UCD Confucius Institute for Ireland. "Cultivating New Opportunities: The Agri-Food and Beverage Perspective on Brexit and China" heard from industry and legal experts, as well as Agricult

Data protection experts discussed the post-Brexit opportunities for Ireland at the official launch of Lewis Silkin's new Dublin office. Dale Sunderland, deputy commissioner at the Irish Data Protection Commission, and Joanne Redmond, director and associate counsel for international employment at Fac

It is crucial that alternative arrangements are made with Britain for the extradition of criminals ahead of Brexit, the Director of Public Prosecutions has said. Claire Loftus said that the problem was particularly acute given the shared border with the North and the pursuit of prosecutions against

Andy Wightman and others asked the Court of Session to make a judgment that Article 50 can be revoked unilaterally and unconditionally by the UK Parliament. The Court of Session has now agreed to refer this question to the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the only court that can decide this matter a

The Inner House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh has ruled that a question about whether the UK's decision to leave the EU can be revoked should be answered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), our sister publication Scottish Legal News reports. A judicial review