The Law of Nations
  • Home
  • About
  • Public International Law
  • Private International Law
  • Arbitration
  • Podcasts
  • Contact Us
News Round-up 0

The view from outside – the week in review 13 – 19 May 2019

Matrix’s Legal Support Service will provide The view from outside, a weekly look at the UK’s relationship with the outside world.

By Legal Support Service · On May 20, 2019

UK & other courts

Judges in the Netherlands have suspended the extradition of a suspected drug smuggler to the UK because they fear he will be held in “inhuman or degrading” conditions in a British prison.

Evaluation of UK’s international obligations

According to Nobel-prize winning economist Sir Angus Deaton, rising inequality in Britain risks putting the country on the same path as the US to become one of the most unequal nations on earth.

A catalogue of errors by the Home Office has led to a loss of access to £600,000 of EU funds earmarked for the most deprived people in Britain and has put a further £2.9m at risk.

UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU

Keir Starmer has expressed doubts that any cross-party Brexit deal lacking a confirmatory referendum could pass Parliament, warning up to 150 Labour MPs would reject an agreement that did not include one. However Theresa May remains opposed to any form of Brexit referendum. Meanwhile sacked defence secretary Gavin Williamson has warned Theresa May her talks with the Labour party over Brexit amount to a “betrayal”, and Cabinet ministers have argued to scrap formal Brexit talks with Labour and launch a final attempt to secure a compromise in Parliament with indicative votes.

PoliticsHome reports that the new Brexit Party led by Nigel Farage is on course to win nearly 50 seats at the next general election after overtaking the Conservatives in a national poll for the first time, with pressure mounting on the prime minster to quit as Tory support falls.

Jeremy Hunt has argued that the UK must double its defence budget in the decade after Brexit.

MPs are to be given another vote on Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement bill in June; however The Guardian reports that MPs on all sides of the Brexit divide have vowed to vote it down, and the DUP has warned Theresa May that her Brexit plan will suffer a fresh defeat next month unless she manages to secure changes to the Northern Ireland backstop. Number 10 has warned that this Brexit vote will be make or break for Theresa May’s future as prime minister. The Financial Times has discussed why May is likely to face defeat.

A YouGov poll has studied the voting intention figures for the European Parliament.

For the Centre for European Reform, Charles Grant has discussed the Brussels view of Brexit.

Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June, with the new prime minister to be in post by the Tory party conference in Autumn. Steve Barclay, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, has outlined the most recent version of the Withdrawal Agreement and what it means for Brexit in an open letter.

Talks between the Conservatives and Labour to find a compromise over Brexit are set to end without agreement after six weeks. However a leak has revealed Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn discussed a plan to leave the EU on July 31 and avoid a second referendum.

Legal Support Service

Legal Support Service

The Legal Support Service provide research and paralegal support to Matrix members – whether by finding legal information (cases, legislation, articles, reports etc), producing bundles of authorities for court, or carrying out more substantial research. They also collate daily current awareness bulletins, covering Matrix’s major areas of practice, manage our intranet and extranets and administer the freelance research panel.




You Might Also Like

  • News Round-up

    The week in review- 13 January- 20 January 2020

  • News Round-up

    The week in review – 6 January 2020- 13 January 2020

  • News Round-up

    The week in review- 30 December 2019- 5 January 2020

No Comments

Leave a reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Mailing List

Sign up to our Mailing List

Categories

  • Arbitration
  • Book Review
  • Brexit
  • Business and Human Rights
  • Comparative Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Criminal Law
  • Environmental Law
  • From the editors
  • Human Rights
  • International Trade
  • News Round-up
  • Podcasts
  • Private International Law
  • Public International Law
  • Uncategorized

Archives

  • November 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016

From Twitter

  • New post: why depriving Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship violates international law. https://t.co/I51X5qT8um… https://t.co/FF0p3hqE8Q

© Matrix Chambers. All rights reserved. | Accessibility | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy