Brexit

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

Brexit negotiators have reviewed the future of intellectual property rights, with the likelihood being that EU-wide rights will be replaced with equivalent UK rights after the end of the transition period. This "much needed" detail should give "reassurance" to holders of EU trademarks registered bef

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

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 spend

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 

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has launched new French and Irish law versions of the ISDA Master Agreement, adding to the existing English, New York and Japanese law choices ahead of Brexit. The new Master Agreements are intended to provide options for those institutions

Brexit is threatening the Sewel convention "almost to destruction", according to one academic. Writing in The Herald today, Aileen McHarg, professor of public law at Strathclyde University, said that the UK government had not explained its breach of the Sewel convention in the Commons last week &nda

Graham Horn recounts the latest legal episode in the battle against Brexit. In December 2017, a judicial review was raised at the Court of Session by Andy Wightman, MSP & Ors, seeking an answer to the question of whether the UK government’s notice of intention to withdraw from the European

Scotland’s police and prosecutors could face “complex and far-reaching” challenges in tackling cross-border crime after Brexit, a new paper has suggested. The latest in the series of ‘Scotland’s Place in Europe’ papers details the impact of withdrawing from the EU

UK justice minister Phillip Lee has resigned over the government's Brexit policy ahead of a vote on whether or not to give MPs a decisive say on the final deal with the EU. The minister for victims, youth and family justice said he was "incredibly sad" at having to stand down but that he though the

Public law expert Lynda Towers provides a realistic overview of where we are on the path to Brexit. For some of us there is something comforting about putting together a list of things which need to be done and by when. There is then the satisfaction of ticking the items off as done and seeing the l

The UK government is planning to strengthen its position on Brexit through a series of appointments to the House of Lords, The Guardian reports. Around 10UK government to strengthen Brexit position through Lords appointments peers will join the chamber, as well as three 

Four panellists from the Brexit and Family Law Group were invited to speak to MEPs and Permanent Representatives from the EU member states at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday. The session, hosted by Catherine Bearder MEP and the Joint Brussels Office of the Law Societies, saw

Regulators in France and Belgium are allowing English lawyers to requalify even if they do not speak the local languages in an attempt to bring commercial legal work to their jurisdictions after Brexit. Officials at the Law Society told The Brief that bar heads in France and Belgium are encouraging

Brexit could make it harder to bring international talent into Scottish football, according to Paul McMahon, employment partner at Brodies. The end of EU laws on freedom of movement could also cause problems for Scottish footballers seeking to go abroad.