“Brexit is likely to ‘tear’ Ireland away from the influence of the common law system and ‘perhaps even rupture’ centuries-long ties between the Irish and English legal systems, a leading Irish judge has said. Gerard Hogan, who was appointed advocate general of the Court of Justice of the EU last year, warned that there would be ‘very significant pressure’ on the State to become part of a homogenous system of civil law over the next 10-15 years that would be ‘very difficult, if not impossible, for us to stay out of’ …” (more)
[Simon Carswell, Irish Times, 5 April]
First posted 2019-04-06 07:19:00
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