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Brexit: counting down the clock

06 March 2019 / David Greene
Issue: 7831 / Categories: Opinion , Brexit , Profession
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With less than a month until Exit Day, David Greene examines the most & least likely outcomes on the UK’s horizon

As we head swiftly towards the door, it has become rather trite to say the outcome grows increasingly uncertain; no deal, the May deal, a softer Brexit, a second referendum. Other than the first option, all may be combined with a delayed exit. The profession has made it clear that it sees substantial risk in a no-deal Brexit.

Everything is difficult to predict because majorities for each option in Parliament are wafer thin, but the betting man in me proffers an order of outcome in which the range is from the least likely to the most likely:

  • No deal There seems to be an absolute majority in Parliament against a no-deal, although it would require primary legislation to force the government’s hand;
  • A second referendum While the Labour Party has indicated, albeit somewhat half-heartedly, this is now their preferred option, another referendum is very difficult to put into effect
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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