EU Law Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Suella? The legal aspects of breach and termination of the withdrawal agreement

Today’s papers bring another story that the UK might be planning to breach the Brexit withdrawal agreement – including the report that the new Attorney-General Suella Braverman is poised to attempt to justify this legally. So what happens if the UK (or the EU) breaches the withdrawal agreement is not a hypothetical issue. I’ve previously discussed the dispute settlement rules in the agreement, as well as the Withdrawal Agreement Act giving effect to the treaty in the UK, but it’s useful to bring the key issues together, and also to look at the issues from the point of view of international law.  This blog post summarises in turn the dispute settlement provisions of the withdrawal agreement and the rules on termination etc of treaties in international law, discussing the interaction between them... 

EU Law Analysis: How do you solve a problem like Suella? The legal aspects of breach and termination of the withdrawal agreement - Professor Steve Peers, University of Essex

Why Art. 50 was unnecessary for Brexit

David Allen Green explains why the whole damn thing could have been done much more sensibly.

My argument on why A50 should not have been the method used in Brexit.

Part of my "How to Brexit" post at @FT: https://t.co/nm4D6xFVdY pic.twitter.com/HHsrNlXCtJ

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FT article is NOT behind a paywall.

What’s next for the Brexit withdrawal bill | Jack of Kent

On Monday night MPs voted, in principle, in favour of the greatest shift in power from legislature to executive in modern British constitutional history.

The vote was for the “second reading” of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill...

Read on: What’s next for the Brexit withdrawal bill