Brexit

The UK government has said it may seek to prorogue Parliament again if the Supreme Court rules against it in the ongoing Brexit cases. A written submission explaining what the government would do if it loses the litigation has been published.

Draft legislation to extend the European health insurance card to all residents of Northern Ireland has been announced by the Government. Speaking in the Dáil yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said legislation would be in place by the end of October, when the UK is currently planning to leave

The Court of Appeal in Belfast has reserved judgment on an appeal from an anonymous applicant arguing that the UK cannot leave the EU if it results in the imposition of a hard border. Patricia Coyle, solicitor at Harte Coyle Collins, is representing "JR83", whose case was dismissed by the High Court

A legal bid to stop a no-deal Brexit on the basis that it would breach the Good Friday Agreement will be heard by the UK Supreme Court tomorrow. Belfast solicitor Ciaran O'Hare of McIvor Farrell Solicitors said the case brought by victims' rights campaigner Raymond McCord had "moved with unprecedent

The High Court in Belfast has dismissed three conjoined applications challenging the UK Government’s Brexit strategy, which the applicants argued would result in a no-deal Brexit and a hard border in breach of the Good Friday Agreement. Finding that the subject matter of the applications was "

The number of solicitors on the Irish roll reached a record high of 20,531 at the end of August, the Law Society of Ireland has announced. Writing in the Law Society Gazette, director general Ken Murphy said the "biggest factor in the remarkable rate of increase in recent years has been the tsunami

A special power of Scotland's Court of Session has been brought to bear on Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally and could allow a functionary of the court to sign in his place – forcing him to extend Article 50. A new case has been brought before the Edinburgh-based cour

The Prime Minister’s advice to HM the Queen that the United Kingdom Parliament should be prorogued for five weeks in the run up to Brexit was “unlawful”, Scotland's highest civil court has ruled in a judgment whose full version will be published on Friday. Judges in the Inner House

Leaving the European Union means the loss of a safe, legal route for the reunification of separated refugee families in Europe, a House of Lords committee has told the UK government. The House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to share key fin

A senior Conservative politician and law professor has said Prime Minister Boris Johnson must resign if he is unwilling to follow the law. A bill to block a no-deal Brexit was passed on Friday.

Business and political leaders gathered under the shadow of Brexit uncertainty for the British Irish Chamber of Commerce annual gala dinner this evening as the Taoiseach provided an update on the Government’s approach to Brexit in the wake of recent developments. Over 450 attendees from the UK

Belfast lawyers Ciaran O'Hare and Conan Fegan have travelled to London to perform a watching brief in the Gina Miller case against the prorogation of Parliament. Mr O'Hare and Mr Fegan are acting as solicitor and junior counsel respectively in a separate court case brought by victims' campaigner Ray

MPs will today vote on legislation aimed at forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request an extension to the Brexit deadline if the UK cannot reach an agreement with the EU this month on the terms of its withdrawal. In a tense Westminster vote last night, MPs voted by 328-301 to take control of t

Lawyers for 78 parliamentarians who claim that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run-up to his Brexit deadline was unlawful today said the court fight would continue. After hearing arguments from both sides in the Outer House of the Court of Session in E

Independent unionist MP Lady Sylvia Hermon has called on the UK government to publish advice from the Crown Solicitor's Office in Belfast on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement. Lady Hermon, MP for North Down, told the House of Commons yesterday that Prime Minister Boris John