Brexit

Professor Carl Baudenbacher A top EU judge has laid out a plan that would see the UK retaining access to the single market without being answerable to the Court of Justice after Brexit.

Guy Lougher The head of Brexit advisory at Pinsent Masons said government proposals for a future customs relationship with the EU include interesting suggestions for handling the Irish border.

Lord Neuberger The President of the UK Supreme Court has told the government that it must provide greater clarity on how domestic law will develop after Brexit.

The number of Irish passports issued in the UK is due to almost double this year compared with the last full year prior to Brexit, Ireland’s ambassador to the country has said. Dan Mulhall (pictured) said that before Brexit, 50,000 Irish passports were issued in Britain each year.

Antoinette Moriarty The Law Society of Ireland has announced plans to launch a new leadership course aimed at helping Ireland's "next generation of leaders" compete in a post-Brexit world.

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd The Lord Chief Justice has highlighted the “major advantages” of English law and dispute resolution in the UK, The Law Society Gazette reports.

Sir David Edward A former judge of the European Court of Justice has criticised the "facile optimism" of UK government ministers who believe the legal challenges posed by Brexit can be overcome by March 2019.

Lady Hale (pictured) has called for clarity on the operation of CJEU jurisprudence in the wake of Brexit. In a lecture to Canadian and British lawyers at the University of Cambridge last week, the Deputy President of the Supreme Court said: "We in the courts want the clearest possible guidance from

Andrea McIlroy-Rose A presence in Dublin is "particularly important" to Pinsent Masons in the wake of Brexit, the head of the firm's Belfast office has said.

A lawyer for a construction company director, wanted in the UK over his role in a £5 million (about €5.8 million) tax fraud, has argued that Brexit leaves his client in a “legal limbo”. Thomas Joseph O'Connor, 49, was sentenced in his absence to four-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding

Lord Neuberger The UK’s most senior judge has revealed the tensions in the build-up to the Brexit appeal at the UK Supreme Court earlier this year.

The UK's exit from the EU will have many implications for Irish businesses and one which is not receiving huge media coverage is the area of cross-border litigation, writes Caroline Meaney. We currently benefit from harmonised rules in cross border disputes and proceedings within the EU. Bi-Lateral

A bid to clarify questions about the Brexit process through the Irish courts has been dropped. Jolyon Maugham QC had sought to ask the High Court to seek a ruling from the European Court of Justice on whether the activation of Article 50 can be reversed.

Over 100 CEOs, directors and business professionals examined their preparedness for Brexit at a ByrneWallace seminar yesterday. Micheál Martin, leader of Fianna Fáil, was the guest of honour, outlining his party's attitude to Brexit and proposed initiatives to support the Irish business community.

Gillian Rea Gillian Rea, solicitor at Dublin firm Baily Homan Smyth McVeigh, writes on the opportunities for Ireland from the relocation of the European Medicines Agency away from Britain following the UK's exit from the EU.