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UK Court: Parliament Must Trigger Brexit Process
January 25, 2017
The UK Supreme Court has held that, despite the outcome of a referendum held in June 2016 in which voters opted to leave the EU, constitutional principles do not permit the British Government to initiate negotiations on the country's exit from the EU without parliamentary approval.
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ECtHR Finds Faulty Court Interpretation of Criminal Law
January 25, 2017
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Slovenian courts violated the human rights of a prisoner by failing to properly resolve a legislative mistake in a criminal sentencing law, effectively reducing the prisoner's sentence by ten years, to the advantage of the prisoner.
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Australia Announces Trade Talks with UK
January 25, 2017
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced that Australia and the UK will begin "preparatory" talks this week on the development of a free trade deal between the countries that will enter into force following the UK's departure from the EU.
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UK Plans Post-Brexit Replication of Trade Regime
January 25, 2017
The UK's UN Ambassador in Geneva, Julian Braithwaite, has announced his government's plans to minimize any chance of objections at the World Trade Organization to Britain's trade policy as it departs the EU by, as far as possible, transposing the EU's existing trade arrangements with other countries into UK law.
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Official Pushes Back on UK Immigration Variations
January 25, 2017
The BBC reports that UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd has signaled her opposition to calls from Scottish politicians to permit Scotland to maintain a separate immigration policy from the rest of the UK after the country leaves the EU, arguing that fracturing the policy would hurt the integrity of the British immigration system and reduce the flexibility of employers.
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