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The UK government has said that leaving the European Union will “bring about an end to the direct jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union”. The House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has this week launched a new inquiry on this issue and the question of enforcement and disput

Nicholas Butcher International law firm Maples and Calder has announced plans to provide Irish transaction advice to UK clients from its London office.

Sir John Holmes The head of the UK's elections watchdog has called for urgent reform of electoral laws and confirmed an inquiry has begun into possible Russian interference in the Brexit vote.

Activists and organisations working in the area of human rights and equality have called for "written guarantees" that the Brexit negotiations will respect the Good Friday Agreement. They say there "must be no regression or diminution of existing human rights and equality guarantees for all people l

Pictured (l-r): Liam Reid, Peter Curran, Julie Sinnamon Business leaders gathered in Belfast today to discuss Brexit and the Irish border at an event sponsored by Eversheds Sutherland.

Irish judges are increasingly conducting international diplomacy following the Brexit vote, according to The Irish Times. There have been 78 foreign trips by Irish judges between June 2016 and July 2017, according to figures obtained by the newspaper, most of which were to legal conferences.

Ruairi Gillen Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is concerned that extradition and surrender procedures could become "toxic" after Brexit, according to an investigation by The Detail.

Professor Conor Gearty In an article first published on the LSE Brexit blog, Professor Conor Gearty scrutinises the notion of "a happy Brexit" and outlines ways in which the EU Withdrawal Bill will constitute a large transfer of power to the executive branch and may lead to the restriction of civil

Dr Colin Harvey Dr Colin Harvey, professor of human rights law in the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, writes on the repercussions of Brexit across the island of Ireland.

International lawyers and experts have suggested Brexit is to blame for the failure of a British judge to be elected to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the first time. Leading legal figures told The Brief that politics had at least partly contributed to Sir Christopher Greenwood's failu

UK Home Office officials have said they may have to hire Polish and other Eastern European workers to help register EU nationals after Brexit. Immigration lawyers told The Guardian that UK visas and immigration officials had privately admitted at a recent conference that they were struggling to enti

Nearly half (44 per cent) of Ireland's Top 20 law firms have been approached by a UK law firm in the past year with regard to a possible merger, acquisition or strategic representation arrangement following the UK's exit from the EU. The finding is one of many in Smith & Williamson's annual lega

Andy McConnell Dublin firm Philip Lee has helped to launch global law firm network Multilaw's new online self-assessment tool for businesses to evaluate their level of risk associated with Brexit.

The Irish Government must stand "steadfast in its commitment to the protection of human rights in Northern Ireland and across the whole island" at this stage of the Brexit talks, leading human rights experts have said. The call was made in a letter, published by The Irish Times, signed by solicitor

The House of Lords Constitution Committee has today warned that the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, the first Brexit bill to be scrutinised by the House of Lords, contains inappropriately broad powers for ministers. The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill is intended to provide a new,