Brexit

Two QCs were among the speakers at a JUSTICE Scotland/Equality and Human Rights Commission event which explored “The Human Rights Implications of Brexit on EU Migration”. Mungo Bovey and Kenneth Campbell gave talks with Dr Jan Culik and Maria Fletcher, senior lecturers at the University of Glasg

Alexander Ward Brexit represents "opportunity" for Commonwealth lawyers, according to the president of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA).

Tim Gee Corporate deals in the UK will continue to drop on last year in the wake of Brexit uncertainty, according to one law firm.

New legal challenges over the Brexit process have been lodged in the Irish and UK courts, The Guardian reports. London-based Jolyon Maugham QC will ask the High Court in Dublin to seek a ruling from the European Court of Justice on whether the activation of article 50 can be reversed.

The Tayside property market has picked up with a strong final quarter following reduced confidence in the wake of the Brexit vote. The Tayside Solicitors Property Centre (TSPC) in Dundee reported annual sales amounting to £397 million – with the average property price for last year dropping 0.6 p

Katy Wedderburn considers the implications of Brexit on employment law six months after the vote. More than six months has now passed since the UK took the decision to leave the European Union (EU). So, now is a good time to take stock of the impact this will have, or has had, on employment law

Jolyon Maugham QC A tax barrister has raised over £70,000 to challenge the Brexit process in the Irish courts, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports.

The Lord Advocate will argue today at the Supreme Court that the Scottish Parliament must be consulted before Article 50 can be triggered. On the third day of the Brexit case, James Wolffe QC (pictured right) will refer to the Sewel Convention as enshrined in law, contrary to UK government lawyers w

Ken Murphy The Law Society of Ireland has said it will welcome a record number of solicitors in 2016 as a result of the Brexit vote, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports.

UK government lawyers have dismissed the Lord Advocate’s submission to the Supreme Court that Parliament should be involved in the triggering of Article 50 in a response that some commentators have described as “fantastically rude”, “unnecessary” and “inappropriate”. Responding to Jame

Gordon Lindhurst As the Supreme Court hearing on Article 50 gets underway, Gordon Lindhurst discusses the case as a reluctant leaver.

Charles Livingstone Charles Livingstone, partner in the public law and regulatory team at Brodies LLP, explains the Scottish government's arguments in the Brexit case before the UK Supreme Court.

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James Wolffe QC Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC has made a comprehensive submission to the Supreme Court detailing the Scottish government's argument that the triggering of Article 50 requires an act of Parliament ahead of next month's full bench hearing of the Brexit case.

Michael Matheson The Justice Secretary has warned that Scotland may have to rely on an outdated extradition agreement from the 1950s following Brexit.