Brexit

The ability of Scotland’s police and prosecutors to plan for Brexit is being hampered by an “unacceptable” lack of clarity from the UK government, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said.Following the Scotland Secretary, David Mundell's evidence to the Justice Committee last week,

Family law in Scotland will become less certain and probably more expensive after Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates believes. Replying to questions posed by the Scottish government, the Faculty said that current provisions in family law depended on reciprocity, which would be lost when the UK le

Solicitors and immigration advisors in the Shetlands will have an opportunity to attend a free briefing session on “EU Citizens' Rights” in Lerwick next month, on 4 September. The session will feature talks by two experts on Brexit and immigration law, David Brown (head of immigration, D

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 conduc

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.

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

The Scottish Parliament's Brexit bill is "fundamentally inconsistent" with the law, counsel for the UK government has told the UK Supreme Court. The court is hearing whether Brexit legislation passed by MSPs should be allowed to stand.

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