Does Brexit Mean Brexit? EU Judges Could Play Pivotal Role
- Two cases at EU courts this week target legal issues of Brexit
- Hearing on Nov. 27 asks how ‘Article 50’ notice can be revoked
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As U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May strives to get her Brexit deal through Parliament, lawsuits are piling up with the potential to change the course of the nation’s biggest constitutional crisis since the 1930s.
On Monday, the European Union’s General Court in Luxembourg rejected a Brexit challenge by 13 expats including Harry Shindler, a World War II British Army veteran. They argued that the EU’s decision to start Brexit negotiations was illegal because they were denied a voice in the U.K.’s 2016 referendum. Julien Fouchet, the French lawyer who brought the case, said he would appeal as soon as possible.