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30 March 2017 / David Greene
Issue: 7740 / Categories: Opinion , Brexit , EU
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Art 50: a wish list for lawyers

Triggering Art 50 is not quite the road to nowhere but the profession & our clients need certainty, says David Greene

So the time has come. The Art 50 Notice is served and we are on our way. To where remains to be seen, but certainly for wholesale change in our relationship with the EU and possibly the rest of the world. Potential change is nowhere more notable than in civil justice and rights.

Brexercise

Parliamentary committees are taking evidence and churning out reports on many aspects of the Brexit exercise (or the new diminutive, “Brexercise”). Perhaps the two that readers will wish to refer to primarily are “Implications of Brexit for the justice system” by the House of Commons’ Justice Select Committee and “Brexit: justice for families, individuals and businesses?”, recently published by the EU Select Committee of the House of Lords.

Others too are publishing papers apace on issues and resolutions. The Law Society has taken pole position to assist the government and Parliament and

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