Brexit

The UK government is planning to strengthen its position on Brexit through a series of appointments to the House of Lords, The Guardian reports. Around 10 Conservative peers will join the chamber, as well as three Labour peers and either one or two Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) peers, sources told

Regulators in France and Belgium are allowing English lawyers to requalify even if they do not speak the local languages in an attempt to bring commercial legal work to their jurisdictions after Brexit. Officials at the Law Society told The Brief that bar heads in France and Belgium are encouraging

A High Court judge will refer the case of a man wanted in Northern Ireland on a murder charge to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for determination on the impact of Brexit on extraditions to the UK. The man is facing charges of murder and rape in Northern Ireland and was arrested in

Pictured (l-r): Andrea Coscelli, Micaela Diver, and Alan Hunter, chief executive of the Law Society of Northern Ireland The Law Society of Northern Ireland yesterday hosted a seminar considering competition law now and after Brexit.

A House of Lords sub-committee has called on the UK government to propose an effective system for dispute resolution and enforcement in respect of both the proposed EU withdrawal agreement and the future UK-EU relationship. In its report published today, Dispute resolution and enforcement after Brex

Pictured (l-r): Hugh Cummins, Ronan Dunne, Siobhan McCabe, Sean McElligott, Andrew Tzialli, Amanda Jayne Comyn, and Philip Lee in front. Philip Lee has announced the opening of its first UK office in London in order to capitalise on the opportunities of Brexit, along with the appointment of five new

Matheson welcomed EU Commissioner Phil Hogan as guest speaker at its most recent Leadership Series Brexit briefing in Dublin.

Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator on Brexit, met yesterday with the joint committee established under the Good Friday Agreement to consider human rights issues across the island. The meeting discussed the significant risks of differences in rights protections on a north-south basis following

John Cronin British and Irish politicians, regulators and business leaders discussed the prospects for Ireland as a financial services hub after Brexit at a seminar in London this morning.

The vast majority of leading London law firms surveyed by CBRE expect no impact on profitability as a result of Brexit. The real estate business surveyed the CBRE Legal 100 - law firms with the largest real estate footprint in London - and found that they overwhelmingly expect no significant impact

The House of Lords last night voted by a majority of 71 to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK leaves the European Union. Peers voted by 316 to 245 in favour of retaining the Charter after Brexit.

Nick Bennett The deportation threats wrongly sent to members of the Windrush generation of immigrants “should come as a warning to European citizens” living in the UK after Brexit, according to a Belfast-based immigration practitioner.

Richard Murphy General counsel at the UK's biggest companies are less confident about Brexit readiness than board members, according to a new report launched in Belfast by Pinsent Masons.

Professor Stephen Tierney There is a "real risk" that the UK government will struggle to pass essential legislation on leaving the EU before a vote on the final Brexit deal – with almost half of the bills needed yet to be introduced to Parliament.

Pictured (l-r): Brian O’Gorman, Joaquín Almunia and Federico Fabbrini Arthur Cox hosted a recent DCU Brexit Institute conference on the implications of Brexit on Ireland's financial services industry.