Brexit – Page 9
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NewsRecord year for UK solicitors seeking Irish ‘Brexit backstop’
Applications have been more than double the previous post-referendum record set in 2016.
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NewsRetired top judge attacks ex-Law Society president over ‘political’ Supreme Court
Martin Mears, Society president in 1995, said the Supreme Court could be brought to heel by a ‘one-paragraph act of parliament’.
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News'Inflection point' looms for top conveyancers
Biggest players grab record share of the market amid slowdown.
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FeatureIndia: a case study of our post-Brexit potential
In these tumultuous times, I am reminded of a quote from Abraham Lincoln. ‘Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.’
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OpinionIs the PM’s deal good for solicitors?
How does the PM’s deal with the EU shape up from the point of view of solicitors’ interests?
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NewsGovernment revokes Brexit regulation after judicial review threat
Public Law Project said unelected officials would have been able to amend laws without parliamentary oversight.
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NewsQueen’s Speech: Johnson puts law and order issues at forefront
Sentencing, domestic abuse and divorce all on the government’s notional agenda.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: October’s Council meeting
A report from this month’s Law Society Council meeting.
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FeatureFinal countdown?
The date, terms and even certainty of the UK’s departure from the EU are all in doubt, but law firms can still do more to plan and prepare. Melanie Newman reports
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News‘Judges aren’t shrinking violets’ - SG relaxed about criticism
Michael Ellis QC also suggests the UK legal sector will benefit from leaving the European Union.
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News'Novel and peculiar': Johnson's verdict on prorogation ruling
Prime minister moots US-style vetting process for justices.
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NewsSupreme Court appointments may need MPs' approval - attorney general
Government's top law officer says parliamentary scrutiny may be required post-Brexit.
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NewsProrogation ruling sparks new 'war on the judiciary'
Lord chancellor Robert Buckland is forced yet again to defend judicial independence amid renewed onslaught.
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NewsSupreme Court rules prorogation unlawful - as it happened
Supreme Court unanimously rules that the prorogation of parliament was unlawful.
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NewsIBA 2019: Brexit cited as global profession mulls threats to rule of law
More than 6,000 lawyers gather at International Bar Association annual conference in Seoul.
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News‘Pointless legal theatre’ - today's press on the Supreme Court
Political commentators switch their gaze to the western side of Parliament Square.
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OpinionBrexit places judges in uncomfortable territory
Unless the Supreme Court decides prorogation is nothing to do with them, we can expect more incendiary headlines.
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NewsRegional law firms doing better than City - survey
Two-thirds of firms increased PEP in the last financial year.