Michelle Sloane (RPC) considers key questions on international trade, following the government’s announcement of a ‘hard Brexit’.
Jeanette Zaman and Zoe Andrews (Slaughter and May) review recent tax developments affecting the City.
Philip Hammond may have thought he was inheriting a poisoned chalice when he took over as chancellor last summer, but things have turned out better than he feared, as David Smith reports.
The UK Supreme Court ruled this week by a majority that an Act of Parliament is required for the UK government to authorise the triggering of TEU article 50, in its highly anticipated judgment in R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of state for exiting the European Union
Parliament required to trigger article 50
The indications are that Britain’s public finances are deteriorating in the wake of the Brexit vote. The question is how the new chancellor, Philip Hammond, responds, David Smith writes.
Richard Woolich (DLA Piper) answers a query from a head of tax at a financial institution with branches and subsidiaries both inside and outside the EU, asking for advice about whether to relocate after Brexit.