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27 April 2017 / David Greene
Issue: 7744 / Categories: Opinion , Public , Brexit , EU
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The general election: an unwelcome interlude?

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Civil justice reforms are likely to be knocked back in the wake of the June election, says David Greene

I joined our American colleagues at the ABA International Law Section Spring Conference in DC last week to talk about Brexit. When I agreed to do so we were in the throes of the Art 50 litigation and all was Brexit. It may be just an interlude in the Brexit chatter but we have swiftly moved into election mode with Theresa May seeking to consolidate her position for the Brexit negotiations. The date chosen is an auspicious one for it falls on my birthday. So just as the dust was settling it gets stirred again. Plus ça change. But what might we expect in law and civil justice from the election?

Counting casualties

The first ‘casualty’ of the election was the Prisons and Courts Bill which has not been included in the ‘wash up’ before the dissolution of Parliament on 3 May. The Bill was introduced by Michael Gove

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