Brexit

Barry Crushell Barry Crushell, director and legal counsel at Aperture Partners, writes on a recent case concerning employment rights and Brexit.

Most UK law firms have not drawn up a Brexit business plan, according to a new Smith & Williamson survey of senior partners. Only 23 per cent of senior partners said that they had a business plan for dealing with Brexit, despite 60 per cent of more than 100 managing partners at firms in all UK j

Constitution Society President Sir Malcolm Jack with Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP The following is the full transcript of the speech given by Dominic Grieve QC MP, former Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland (2010-14), at the Constitution Society’s Inaugu

Pictured (l-r): Conference participants Brian O'Gorman, Federico Fabbrini, Julia King, and Enrico Letta. The Dublin offices of Arthur Cox recently played host to a DCU Brexit Institute conference on Brexit, Climate and Energy Policy.

The British Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC), sponsored by KPMG and Ulster Bank, has announced the launch of a year-long programme of events on the challenges and opportunities of Brexit.

The UK's House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has criticised the Home Office over delays to the Immigration White Paper and warns of serious problems for immigration service delivery and border security as a result of lack of decisions, proper planning or sufficient resources, in its report into

Arthur Griffin A motion calling for Ireland to join Britain in exiting the EU carried the day in a light-hearted debate hosted by the Honorable Society of King's Inns.

A group of British emigrants in the Netherlands have won permission to refer their case for continued EU citizenship after Brexit to the European Court of Justice. The five British nationals asked Amsterdam District Court to refer their case to the ECJ on the grounds that their existing rights could

The Supreme Court has referred a question to the CJEU regarding the effect of Brexit on EU citizens who have been ordered for surrender to the UK. Delivering the judgment of the five-judge Court, Chief Justice Frank Clarke said that the issue raised by a man whose surrender had been ordered by the H

The House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee has today published a report criticising the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill for failing to provide sufficient parliamentary scrutiny of the law-making powers it gives to ministers. The committee highlights Clause 7 of the bill whi

Chairman of the committee, Lord Whitty The UK government will need to address short-term legal and regulatory issues in competition matters, according to a new report from the House of Lords.

Chief Constable George Hamilton The PSNI Chief Constable has warned there is a lack of clarity about post-Brexit policing and justice arrangements, the Irish Independent reports.

Jonathan Cooper OBE Barrister Jonathan Cooper OBE of Doughty Street Chambers looks at the protections guaranteed by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the consequences of its loss, especially for the LGBT community.

The Bar of Ireland believes Ireland can become a leading legal services centre if the Government can encourage private companies to use Irish law in the drafting of contracts, The Irish Times reports. Most multinationals in Europe use English law as the governing law of contract, but this could chan

The human rights and equality consequences of Brexit for the island of Ireland will be discussed at a meeting of the island's two human rights commissions in Dublin today. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is hosting today's meeting of the statutory joint committee set up under