13 May 2016
Shindler and another v Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster and another [2016] EWHC 957 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 188 (Apr)
The Divisional Court dismissed the claimants’ challenge to the legality under European Union law of s 2 of the European Referendum Act 2015 (s 2), which disenfranchised from the EU referendum British citizens resident abroad last registered to vote in Parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom more than 15 years ago. While s 2 was capable of engaging EU law, it was not a restriction on the rights of free movement enjoyed by the claimants as EU citizens.
