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The High Court has dismissed the European Medicines Agency's claim that Brexit would frustrate the 25-year lease it holds in respect of its London headquarters. Frustration is a doctrine of English law that allows for contracts to be set aside because an unforeseen event renders their obligations fu

The House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has published a report today criticising the Draft Law Enforcement and Security (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. These Home Office Regulations are a contingency measure in case of a no-deal Brexit which relate to 24 different securit

Northern Ireland should have its own shortage occupation list to support the local manufacturing and agri-food sectors, solicitor Conor McCrory has said. Speaking at a Brexit panel discussion this week, Mr McCrory, business immigration associate at Cleaver Fulton Rankin, pointed to the fact a Scotla

A senior Irish lawyer has sounded the alarm over the impact of a no-deal Brexit on cross-border cases and enforcement of court judges, the Irish Independent reports. Seán Barton, partner at McCann FitzGerald, said cases requiring international co-operation, such as cross-border fraud cases or

The president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland has taken part in a series of Brexit engagements in Brussels as the UK's exit from the EU looms. President Suzanne Rice was joined by Dr Frank Geddis, head of research and governance at the Law Society, in meetings with UK government officials and

The first draft of legislation detailing Ireland's contingency measures in the event of a no-deal Brexit will be revealed today, The Times reports. Measures covering areas including extradition, train services, hospital access, foster care and others will be addressed in a single piece of legislatio

Senior police in Ireland are drafting plans to deploy hundreds of gardai to the border should there be a no-deal Brexit on March 29, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The plans were discussed yesterday in Dublin, between Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and senior staff, it is understood.

Dr Ian Cooper of the Dublin City University's Brexit Institute divulged his seven-part run-down on the Brexit process to an audience drawn from law, politics and academia at an event in JW Sweetman on Friday. For Brexit to be successfully carried out, the British government needs to pass through wha

Ireland should not be "smug" about conducting referendums "right while Britain does it wrong", a senior academic has warned. Speaking at an event hosted by Dublin Law and Politics Review on Friday night, Professor Eoin O'Malley of DCU School of Law & Government offered his critical analysis of w

The UK government has failed to give assurances that it will not repeal or replace the Human Rights Act – a stark contrast to its proclaimed commitment to "shared values of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms" – the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has stated. T

The PSNI has said it does not believe it will be necessary to redeploy police officers from England and Scotland to Northern Ireland after Brexit. It was revealed earlier this month that up to 1,000 police officers were being trained for possible redeployment in anticipation of potential unrest abou

An Irish-American lawyer and former White House adviser has said the Irish-American community could deploy its "political strength" to block a post-Brexit UK-US trade deal if a hard border returns to Ireland. Writing for BuzzFeed News, Brian O'Dwyer of New York law firm O'Dwyer & Bernstien said

Professor Colin Harvey, professor of human rights law at QUB School of Law, reflects on the impact of Brexit on the discussion of Irish unity as the UK's exit from the European Union looms. The discussion of Irish unity is gaining momentum; Brexit has altered the nature of this conversation, as more

Lord Neuberger, former president of the UK Supreme Court, has said there is a "powerful argument" that the Brexit process cannot be halted without legislation. The retired judge presided over the court's ruling two years ago that Parliament had to approve the triggering of article 50 of the Treaty o

DCU Brexit Institute has welcomed a boost in funding after striking a sponsorship deal with Dublin Airport Central. The airport's new and expanding commercial quarter will join Arthur Cox, AIB and Grant Thornton as an official sponsor of the Institute, which brings together experts from a number of