A week dominated by Brexit (and just how often will we read that?) – but there was a mixed bag of other news as well…

In the courts this week

The big news in England & Wales has been the hearings in R (Santos and M) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which began on 13 October before the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and Lord Justice Sales. There is an uncorrected transcript of the proceedings here and a summary by Robert Craig, of the LSE, here. The speculation is that if and when the judgment – whichever way it goes – is appealed, it will go straight to the Supreme Court. (Yesterday, we published the latest instalment in our Brexit Basics coverage.)

In Strasbourg, the Grand Chamber heard argument in Károly Nagy v Hungary (application no. 56665/09). Continue reading →