Brexit

Gerard Ward, senior associate at DWF in Belfast, writes on the key differences between employment law in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. As the Employment law division of DWF, we regularly advise NI and GB based employers on their operations in the Republic of Ireland. As the UK approa

British citizens living in other EU countries have launched a court challenge against Brexit on the basis of electoral law breaches during the referendum campaign. The UK in EU Challenge group, represented by English law firm Croft Solicitors, argues that the referendum was not conducted "in accorda

Almost 10 per cent of solicitors registered in Ireland are lawyers from England and Wales, a figure in part attributable to the Brexit vote. The Financial Times reports that since the beginning of 2016, 1,644 solicitors from that jurisdiction joined the Irish roll.

Ciara Lagan, corporate partner at Belfast firm Tughans, writes on Brexit and diversity. Does Brexit mean a hard border, a watered-down Chequers’ plan, leaving the Customs Union, no deal? After more than 2 years of negotiations, plans and posturing we are still no clearer on what impact Brexit

The UK's decision to leave the European Union should not immediately affect the execution of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by it, according to an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Giving his view on a case concerning the extradition of a suspected criminal to the UK by

The Scottish Parliament's Brexit bill is "fundamentally inconsistent" with the law, counsel for the UK government has told the Supreme Court.

The Scottish government has gained the support of Northern Ireland's law officer in its legal case with the UK government over Brexit. The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has argued Holyrood's Brexit legislation is consistent with the “constitutional framework of devolution” ahead of the

A watchdog has warned that police must shore up failings in their response to hate crime ahead of a potential surge after Brexit. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) found in a review that victims had been let down after being targeted because of their

US investment banking giant Bank of America Merrill Lynch has applied to the High Court for permission to merge one of its UK based subsidiaries with a related Irish firm due to Brexit. The group seeks to merge Bank of America Merrill Lynch International DAC, with a registered office in Leopardstown

The lead pro-Brexit campaign group Vote Leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to police by the UK's elections watchdog for breaking electoral laws on campaign spending. The Electoral Commission today published the conclusions of its investigation into the spending of Vote Leave and other campai

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will seek Cabinet permission this autumn for the setting up of an implementation group to carry forward a strategy aimed at making Ireland a world-leading centre of legal services after Brexit.

Facebook broke the law during the Brexit referendum – by failing to safeguard people’s information after the data of 87 million people was harvested – and could be fined £500,000 for two breaches of data protection legislation, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced as it calle

Professor Colin Harvey of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) School of Law makes the case below for a relaxed, open and transparent conversation about Brexit and Irish unity. Discussions on Irish unity are intensifying. This is becoming a mainstream conversation in the public life of Northern Ireland,

A challenge to the legality of the EU's Brexit negotiations, brought by a 97-year old World War Two veteran, is to be heard by the European Court of Justice this week. Harry Shindler, who lives in Italy, as well as 12 other Britons from different member states, will argue that the referendum was dis

Paul McGarry SC The Bar of Ireland has welcomed the launch of an Irish law version of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement as a key endorsement of the Irish courts.