16 Oct 2017 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts
Click here to watch footage of the session. Everyone has questions about Brexit. But perhaps the most significant are those being asked by the House of Commons’ Exiting the EU Committee, which, on Wednesday, held its first hearing of this parliament. The committee’s...
23 Jun 2017 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts
In an interview with Germany’s leading daily Die Welt on 18 June 2017, German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel appeared to signal the EU might be willing to relax some of its more extravagant demands in the Brexit negotiations. So far the EU Commission has insisted...
18 Jun 2017 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts, Publications: Brexit and Judicial Power
Download pdf The tremors caused by the general election are still working their way through the political system. The implications for the nature of the UK’s future relationship with the EU have been the subject of much speculation. Before too long, however, the...
7 May 2017 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts
Leading authority on EU Law, Dr Gunnar Beck (SOAS), writes for Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project to explain why, as a matter of law, Britain can leave the EU without any liability for any allegedly outstanding sums under the EU budget. Dr Beck...
4 Jan 2017 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts, Publications, Publications: Brexit and Judicial Power
Download paper The legal controversy in the Miller case may now be distilled in the following way. The government argues that it has a general power to withdraw from treaties, which it certainly does. The claimants argue that the executive does not have a power to...
1 Dec 2016 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts, Publications, Publications: Brexit and Judicial Power
The Government’s argument in the Miller case is that triggering Article 50 lies within the power of the Crown to make and unmake international treaties – a power the leading litigant, Gina Miller, has termed ‘this ancient, secretive Royal...
2 Nov 2016 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Publications, Publications: Brexit and Judicial Power
This post is excerpted from a second short paper published today, available here: Download paper In a Judicial Power Project paper of 26 October, Terminating Treaty-based UK Rights, I argued that UK law and constitutional practice about double tax treaties provides a...
26 Oct 2016 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Publications, Publications: Brexit and Judicial Power
This post is excerpted from a short paper published today, available here: Download paper Oral argument in the Brexit Case in the Administrative Court last week left an easy case looking a bit difficult. It allowed Lord Pannick QC, for the lead claimant, to reiterate...
28 Jul 2016 | Brexit and Judicial Power, Posts
Panel Discussion of Judicial Power and Brexit On 21 July 2016, Policy Exchange’s Judicial Power Project hosted a panel discussion on Brexit and Judicial Power. Key issues addressed included: what Brexit means for judicial power in the UK constitution, the role of...
