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US investment banking giant Bank of America Merrill Lynch has applied to the High Court for permission to merge one of its UK based subsidiaries with a related Irish firm due to Brexit. The group seeks to merge Bank of America Merrill Lynch International DAC, with a registered office in Leopardstown

The lead pro-Brexit campaign group Vote Leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to police by the UK's elections watchdog for breaking electoral laws on campaign spending. The Electoral Commission today published the conclusions of its investigation into the spending of Vote Leave and other campai

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will seek Cabinet permission this autumn for the setting up of an implementation group to carry forward a strategy aimed at making Ireland a world-leading centre of legal services after Brexit.

Facebook broke the law during the Brexit referendum – by failing to safeguard people’s information after the data of 87 million people was harvested – and could be fined £500,000 for two breaches of data protection legislation, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced as it calle

Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) School of Law makes the case below for a relaxed, open and transparent conversation about Brexit and Irish unity. Discussions on Irish unity are intensifying. This is becoming a mainstream conversation in the public life of Northern Ireland,

A challenge to the legality of the EU's Brexit negotiations, brought by a 97-year old World War Two veteran, is to be heard by the European Court of Justice this week. Harry Shindler, who lives in Italy, as well as 12 other Britons from different member states, will argue that the referendum was dis

Paul McGarry SC The Bar of Ireland has welcomed the launch of an Irish law version of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement as a key endorsement of the Irish courts.

David Stanton The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has launched an Irish law version of its industry-standard Master Agreement as part of its post-Brexit strategy.

Researchers looking at Brexit and the law yesterday presented their findings at the Northern Ireland Executive's office in Brussels.

The head of Irish law firm Matheson has warned businesses to make contingency plans for all Brexit options as delays in the political process increase the risk of a hard Brexit. Managing partner Michael Jackson spoke at a Brexit summit hosted by the Financial Times in London yesterday, alongside Eur

Phillip Lee UK justice minister Phillip Lee has resigned over the government's Brexit policy ahead of a vote on whether or not to give MPs a decisive say on the final deal with the EU.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has halted plans to sell off three police stations in border counties due to uncertainty over Brexit. The force described the move, long speculated about in the media, as a "precautionary step".

Lord Kerr Lord Kerr will deliver a lecture on Brexit to the Northern Ireland Planning Bar Association (NIPBA) next month, the association has announced.

The High Court has made a further request for a preliminary ruling the CJEU regarding the effect of Brexit on EU citizens who have been ordered for surrender to the UK under European Arrest Warrants. Explaining that there was no mandate on the CJEU to “act without delay” on the reference already

It would be regrettable if Brexit undermined the efforts made to build constructive relationships across these islands in the last 20 years, writes Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast' School of Law. The island of Ireland is entering new constitutional and political terrain. One par