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Related: About this forumProminent Brit law firm instructed to block Brexit Article 50 trigger
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/04/legal_challenge_eu_article_50/Law firm Mishcon de Reya has been instructed to launch a legal challenge to block Britain from leaving the European Union, in spite of the popular vote to leave the bloc.
Solicitors and barristers from Mishcon de Reya are working with Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton Chambers to argue Article 50 of the European Union the legal process of withdrawing from the EU can only be triggered after a vote in Parliament.
Mishcon de Reya said legal steps have been taken to ensure Article 50 will not be triggered without an Act of Parliament.
Triggering Article 50 without consent of Parliament would be unlawful, the firm alleged. In a statement, it said:
The Referendum held on 23 June was an exercise to obtain the views of UK citizens, the majority of whom expressed a desire to leave the EU. But the decision to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union, the legal process for withdrawal from the EU, rests with the representatives of the people under the UK Constitution.
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Prominent Brit law firm instructed to block Brexit Article 50 trigger (Original Post)
steve2470
Jul 2016
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Gothmog
(145,152 posts)1. Many of the big American firms are located in London
If UK leaves the EU, then many of these firms will be moving to Frankfort
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)5. ... Or Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, ... Edinburgh...
Gothmog
(145,152 posts)6. If Brexit goes through Frankfort will be the new financial center
chapdrum
(930 posts)2. "...the legal process for withdrawal...rests
with the representatives of the people under the UK Constitution."
Not the people, but the representatives of the people.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)3. That's how representative democracy works (n/t)
Denzil_DC
(7,233 posts)4. There's a reason why people keep pointing out
that this was a non-binding advisory vote.
RogueTrooper
(4,665 posts)7. It is what the leave campaign wanted.
Many of the arguments made by the Leave campaign resolved around reclaiming the full sovereignty of parliament. This would be an example of that full sovereignty.