Brexit

Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator on Brexit, met yesterday with the joint committee established under the Good Friday Agreement to consider human rights issues across the island. The meeting discussed the significant risks of differences in rights protections on a north-south basis following

John Cronin British and Irish politicians, regulators and business leaders discussed the prospects for Ireland as a financial services hub after Brexit at a seminar in London this morning.

The vast majority of leading London law firms surveyed by CBRE expect no impact on profitability as a result of Brexit. The real estate business surveyed the CBRE Legal 100 - law firms with the largest real estate footprint in London - and found that they overwhelmingly expect no significant impact

The House of Lords last night voted by a majority of 71 to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK leaves the European Union. Peers voted by 316 to 245 in favour of retaining the Charter after Brexit.

Nick Bennett The deportation threats wrongly sent to members of the Windrush generation of immigrants “should come as a warning to European citizens” living in the UK after Brexit, according to a Belfast-based immigration practitioner.

Richard Murphy General counsel at the UK's biggest companies are less confident about Brexit readiness than board members, according to a new report launched in Belfast by Pinsent Masons.

Professor Stephen Tierney There is a "real risk" that the UK government will struggle to pass essential legislation on leaving the EU before a vote on the final Brexit deal – with almost half of the bills needed yet to be introduced to Parliament.

Pictured (l-r): Brian O’Gorman, Joaquín Almunia and Federico Fabbrini Arthur Cox hosted a recent DCU Brexit Institute conference on the implications of Brexit on Ireland's financial services industry.

Michael Jackson Onshoring of IP to Ireland rather than the UK has become a "dividend" of the Brexit process, the managing partner of Matheson has said.

Lady Hale Lady Hale, president of the UK Supreme Court, has outlined concerns that the Brexit bill will put judges in the position of making "political" decisions about EU jurisprudence.

Brexit risks breaching the Good Friday Agreement without the urgent implementation of "safeguarding measures", according to the human rights commissions in both jurisdictions. The joint committee of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissi

The UK government has failed to produce solutions on how consumers will be protected in the wake of Brexit, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee, which has published the government’s response to its report Brexit: will consumers be protected?. The committee’s report, publishe

Leading human rights groups and experts have called for all people in Northern Ireland to retain their rights as EU citizens after Brexit. In a letter to The Irish Times, they said rights "should not be conditional upon a requirement to declare Irish citizenship, in line with the guarantees of equal

The draft Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK contains strong commitments to the Good Friday Agreement, the Belfast-based Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) has said. The human rights group has published its initial comments on the draft agreement, made public last week by the E

Bernadette McCloskey Belfast-based Shean Dickson Merrick Solicitors is expanding into larger premises as it anticipates increased demand amid the "huge impact" of Brexit, the Belfast Telegraph reports.