Prominent Brit law firm instructed to block Brexit Article 50 trigger

[steve2470]

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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[Gothmog]

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]

5. ... Or Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, ... Edinburgh...

[Gothmog]

6. If Brexit goes through Frankfort will be the new financial center

[chapdrum]

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]

3. That's how representative democracy works (n/t)

[Denzil_DC]

4. There's a reason why people keep pointing out

that this was a non-binding advisory vote.

[RogueTrooper]

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.