Scottish Brexit reaction: Firm leaders urge calm in an even more uncertain environment Kathryn McCann With First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for a second Scottish referendum on UK independence amid Scottish voters overwhelmingly backing a…
Brexit live blog: ‘I went to bed confident and woke up shell shocked’ – City heavyweights react to unexpected decision Legal Business City partners fear a shock referendum result which saw Britain vote to leave the European Union may see businesses relocate…
‘We’re not immune from how these changes will impact on our clients’: Linklaters leader Moore on Brexit vote Legal Business Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore has warned that it’s not just the UK’s relationship with Europe that will change as…
LB’s Brexit take: City law’s globalisation playbook has just been shredded Legal Business Well, there you have it – a textbook example of why referendums, compared to parliamentary sovereignty, are a really bad…
Comment: A slightly updated view from 2015 – ‘Unless you hear trumpets, Brexit doesn’t stack up’ Legal Business Ahead of the 2015 general election, Legal Business assessed the policy pledges of the main parties, including the prospects for…
Guest post: The tax position of out campaign funders Legal Business If you click here you can see a link to the Electoral Commission list of donations to referendum participants arranged…
Law firm leaders line up alongside City’s biggest executives in last ditch attempt to prevent Brexit Legal Business Ten prominent law firm leaders have signed a letter urging voters against voting for Brexit in the UK referendum on…
Brexit fears: Record number of UK solicitors seek admission in Ireland Kathryn McCann New figures from the Law Society of Ireland have revealed that in the first six months of 2016, a record-breaking…
Brexit battle: Nissan engages Lewis Silkin to sue Vote Leave campaign Legal Business Lewis Silkin is representing Nissan as it applies for an injunction against pro-Brexit campaign group Vote Leave.
‘A fundamental change’: Bar Council sets out legal impact of Brexit in neutral report Legal Business The Bar Council has published an analysis of the impacts of Brexit in an attempt to provide a neutral analysis…
New Treasury report claims lawyers will be worse off as result of Brexit Kathryn McCann A new report issued by the Treasury has claimed lawyers and other professional services will be worse off if Britain…
Legal heavyweights including A&O, Travers Smith, KWM and Simmons leaders back anti-Brexit report Legal Business A 250-strong group of lawyers including leaders from Allen & Overy (A&O), King & Wood Mallesons (KWM), Simmons & Simmons…
City lawyers form pro-Brexit coalition led by 8 New Square QC Victoria Young Lobby groups set up on both sides as questions loom large for the country’s legal framework Debate among lawyers over…
City lawyers form pro-Brexit coalition led by 8 New Square Queen’s Counsel Victoria Young Lawyers at barristers’ set 8 New Square and LB 100 firms Slaughter and May, CMS Cameron McKenna and Wedlake Bell…
Guest post: Brexit analysis – Why the real danger to Parliamentary sovereignty isn’t Europe Legal Business As we await David Cameron’s sovereignty plan this week, it might help to explain what we mean by ‘Parliamentary sovereignty’.
Uneasy alliance formed as Gove and Grayling have meeting of minds over Brexit Legal Business After months of speculation regarding which senior Conservative figures will campaign for the UK to leave the EU, the current…
Comment: What did Brussels ever do for us? The lawyerly view on Brexit Legal Business Classicists holding to the maxim ‘first, do no harm’ will be looking in dismay at the debate on the UK…
What did Brussels ever do for us? The lawyerly view on Brexit Legal Business Classicists holding to the maxim ‘first, do no harm’ will be looking in dismay at the debate on the UK…
Brexit wounds: UK law market faces up to £1.7bn hit from EU exit, claims report Kathryn McCann New research commissioned by the Law Society has found the legal services sector would be ‘disproportionately disadvantaged’ as a result…
Guest post: An EU referendum Bill – what would it entail? Legal Business It is reported that the government’s EU Referendum Bill will be published the day after the Queen’s Speech – see,…
