Brexit

Uncertainty over Brexit is "jangling nerves" for Irish law firms, according to a new report by professional services firm Smith & Williamson. The 2018 Smith & Williamson Irish Law Firm Survey shows that most Irish law firms anticipate a strong year ahead, with revenues and profits continuing

The impact of Brexit on migrants living and seeking residence in Northern Ireland was one of the themes of a Belfast conference hosted by the Immigration Practitioners' Group in the Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Transatlantic data security, Brexit, sports and the US constitution will all be discussed at the Belfast International Homecoming Conference's legal symposium this year. Organisers of the event expect to welcome visiting lawyers from the US, Europe, England, Scotland and Wales to the symposium at th

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is facing a private prosecution for alleged misconduct in public offence during the EU referendum campaign. Private prosecutor Marcus J Ball revealed today that he has notified Mr Johnson of his intention to bring a case against him.

EU citizens who are unwelcome in the UK could be banned from Ireland to prevent them crossing the border into Northern Ireland, according to a report in The Irish Times. Security sources told the newspaper that Government officials are working on a mechanism to prevent EU citizens using Ireland to "

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has issued the statement below in response to the draft Brexit deal announced this week. It is reproduced by Irish Legal News in full. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has today noted the publication of the draft agreement for the UK&rsquo

A professor of human rights law has warned that concerns over the impact of Brexit on human rights in Northern Ireland "will persist" after the publication of the draft Withdrawal Agreement. Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast, who leads the BrexitLawNI project, gave his initial tho

Irish law will continue to feel the "gravitational pull" of British jurisprudence after Brexit, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, president of the Law Reform Commission, has said. In a speech to the Law Reform Commission's annual conference yesterday, the retired Supreme Court judge said there were areas of l

Elaine Motion, executive chairman at Scottish law firm Balfour+Manson, writes on the significance of language in the Article 50 case currently before the Scottish courts. Language is critical in politics and the law, not least in the unfolding political and legal machinations of the Brexit process.

The former Advocate General for Northern Ireland has warned that Brexit risks undermining the rule of law in Northern Ireland if the UK government doesn't change course. Dominic Grieve, Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland from May 2010 to July 2014, made

Dr Vincent Power, head of the EU, competition and procurement group at A&L Goodbody, considers the likely outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Like all good soap operas, viewers of Brexit wonder whether there will or won't be a deal by 11pm Irish time on Friday 29 March 2019.

Leading Irish lawyers voiced frustration with Britain's lack of progress on the issue of human rights protections after Brexit at the Hibernian Law Journal's annual lecture.

More than 80 lawyers and legal academics are among the 1,000 signatories of an open letter calling on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to ensure the rights of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland are protected after Brexit. The letter has been published in a double-page advert in The Irish News today and follow

Lawyers have urged Theresa May and MPs to support the People's Vote on Brexit, arguing in a letter that “democratic government is not frozen in time”. Among the signatories is Sir David Edward, a former Scottish judge and European Court of Justice judge.

The Attorney General of Ireland, Séamus Woulfe SC, will join a distinguished panel of human rights lawyers to address the annual lecture of the Hibernian Law Journal next week. “One Island, Two Systems: The Future of Rights Post-Brexit” will take place at the Law Society's headqua