A Brexit challenge brought in the Irish High Court by Jo Maugham QC, of Devereux Chambers, has been dropped. He had hoped the court would refer two questions to the European Court of Justice: whether an Art 50 notification can be revoked; and whether the UK automatically leaves the European Economic Area via Brexit. Maugham, who crowdfunded £70,000 to pursue the litigation, said in his blog: ‘It is clear that Ireland does not want a reference to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg of the questions in the proceedings.’
01 June 2017
Irish Brexit litigation is dropped
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