Continental Breakfast: Brexit vote lawyer "confident" of Supreme Court victory; KWM Europe prepares for potential collapse

Continental Breakfast: your daily update on what’s happening in Europe.

One of the lead lawyers in the historic legal challenge over whether the U.K. prime minister has the power to start Brexit has told The American Lawyer that he is “confident” an earlier ruling demanding the process be subject to a parliamentary vote will be upheld.

The U.K. government appealed a landmark High Court ruling that parliament must be allowed to vote on the triggering of Article 50, which starts a two-year deadline for a European Union member to complete its withdrawal from the political bloc.

A four-day hearing before all 11 Supreme Court judges—the largest panel in the court’s 140-year history—concluded yesterday.

Full story, including details of a change made to KWM Europe's partnership deed in preparation for a potential collapse, here: www.americanlawyer.com/home/id=1202774304905/

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