City lawyers across private practice and the Bar have reacted as the High Court has today (3 November) decided that the government does not have the power to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval. Continue reading “‘The outcome of the Supreme Court is not foreseeable’: City lawyers react to Brexit challenge”
Mishcon succeeds as claimants win Brexit challenge against government
A group of claimants has landed its first blow in an article 50 case against the government, after the High Court ruled that it has no constitutional power to trigger Brexit.
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SRA claims reforms will help ease uncertainty for law firms post-Brexit
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is claiming that reforms on regulation to open up the market, increase competition and focus on high professional standards will help to alleviate the uncertainty facing the legal profession as a result of the Brexit vote.
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Brexit: a pragmatic position for the worried managing partner
Theresa May’s claim from the distant history of July that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ has already become famous for answering nothing about the uncertainties facing the UK other than the government proposes to ultimately leave the EU.
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Brexit: a pragmatic position for the worried managing partner
Theresa May’s claim from the distant history of July that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ has already become famous for answering nothing about the uncertainties facing the UK other than the government proposes to ultimately leave the EU.
Welcome to the uncharted waters of modern British politics – a claim often made but usually untrue. I don’t even follow the logic of those claiming Brexit is inevitable – you can as easily imagine an EU departure abandoned entirely as ending up with a hardline exit. There is nothing binding about the mandate – the public has had their say, but probably not their final say. No commitments – including indications from Downing Street that article 50 will not be triggered until well into 2017 – clear up the point.
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Trowers & Hamlins latest to freeze pay as Brexit fallout continues
Trowers & Hamlins is the latest firm to place a freeze on fee earners’ pay, citing the ‘economic uncertainty’ following Brexit.
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Brexit blues: Addleshaws and Gowling WLG freeze pay as a result of referendum vote
Both Addleshaw Goddard and Gowling WLG have frozen their August salary reviews until the autumn as a result of Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
Real estate practice worst-hit as Simmons makes redundancies across its London office
Simmons & Simmons has laid off lawyers in London following the Brexit vote. While the firm has refused to comment on the number of redundancies, banking and real estate are two practices known to be affected.
Comment: After the Brexit vote you can kiss the UK’s stability premium goodbye
The dust has yet to settle, indeed the horizon in post-referendum Britain is heavy with smoke and particles of an uncertain nature. But as the market turmoil of the vote to exit the EU subsides, the profession is left asking: what now?
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The Brexit effect: BLP becomes the first City firm to freeze pay post EU referendum
City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has become the first law firm to freeze pay for UK staff following the British referendum that saw the country vote to leave the European Union.