‘The government is facing a legal battle over whether the UK stays inside the single market after it has left the EU, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 28th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Harsh personal attacks on judges are bad for democracy and in danger of diminishing the independence of the judiciary, the former deputy president of the supreme court has warned.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Theresa May’s government is facing a fresh legal challenge over whether it should seek to retain membership of the single market after Brexit. Lawyers will argue that June’s referendum asked the public a single question over whether the UK should leave the EU, and did not delve into the more complex issue of economic access.’
The Guardian, 28th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court’s most senior judge has been urged to stand down from a crucial legal hearing on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union after it emerged his wife had posted a series of anti-Brexit tweets.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Theresa May has refused to say she will defend judges from attacks in the press ahead of a vital judgment on the legal details of of Brexit.’
The Independent, 16th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Losing access to the EU’s trade agreements would cost UK importers an extra £1.2 billion a year, according to research conducted on behalf of the Open Britain campaign.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th November 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The High Court has ruled that the UK Government cannot legally begin the process of leaving the EU without first consulting Parliament. What does the decision mean for our rights and what happens next?’
RightsInfo, 11th November 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘A supreme court judge has raised the prospect that Theresa May would have to comprehensively replace existing EU legislation before the government could even begin Brexit, in a move that could seriously delay the process.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Shortly after the referendum on 23 June, demands were made that continuing EU membership should now be considered by Parliament, with a view it seems to stop BREXIT happening, and to frustrate the will of the 17 million who voted to leave. Indeed, the Guardian carried an article only five days later on ‘How we can stop Brexit – lobby our MPs’ (29 June 2016), no doubt as inflammatory and unacceptable to the BREXITEERS as subsequent developments have been to the REMAINERS. Fearing that Parliament was being enlisted with an agenda to defeat the referendum result, it is not surprising that the BREXITEERS should wish to exclude Parliament from the process altogether.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th November 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘In R. (Miller) v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2016] EWHC 2768 (Admin) judges had to decide, as a matter of law, on the constitutionally correct procedure for deciding whether and when to notify the President of the European Council that the UK intends to leave the EU, pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This legal question is fraught with difficulty. The situation is unprecedented, so judges have to answer the question from constitutional first principles. Inevitably in such cases there is room for disagreement as to what the first principles are, and (more intractably) what weight each has as against the others in the particular circumstances of the case.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 8th November 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The European Parliament is to consider a plan that would allow British citizens to opt-in and keep their European Union citizenship – and its associated benefits – once the UK leaves the EU.’
The Independent, 8th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The justice system could be undermined if a ruling that only Parliament can trigger Brexit is overturned, a former lord chief justice has said.’
BBC News, 7th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Crown prosecutors are considering a complaint that the Leave campaign misled voters during the EU referendum campaign.’
The Independent, 7th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The lord chancellor, Liz Truss, has broken her silence on the high court’s Brexit ruling, saying the independence of the judiciary was the “foundation upon which our rule of law is built”.’
The Guardian, 5th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The judiciary is a vital pillar of our constitution. The government must defend it from these unconscionable attacks – or put all our freedoms at risk.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Parliament has been jolted back to life by three judges, and the British political landscape is once again one of fury, division and uncertainty.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Six leading figures during the EU referendum speak out.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Theresa May and her justice secretary, Liz Truss, have been forced to defend the three high court judges who made the controversial high court judgment about Brexit in the face of days of public backlash.’
The Guardian, 6th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘This morning the High Court will rule on a court action against Theresa May to prevent her using executive powers under the royal prerogative to start the process of leaving the European Union.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘As the party faithful gathered in Birmingham earlier this month, one Tory MP wasn’t going to take any lessons from a Strasbourg-based watchdog over their concerns about a rise in post-Brexit hate crime in the UK. Peter Bone had done his own research. “I did not come across a single racist person in the thousands of miles I travelled during the referendum campaign,” he told The Daily Mail.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 20th October 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2025