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Standard YouTube Licence Jane Lambert A lot has happened since my last Brexit briefing in January 2017: HMG has published its white papers on exiting from, and new partnership with, the European Union  and its " great repeal bill "; The Prime Minister sought unsuccessfully to take advantage of a massive lead in the opinion polls to increase her parliamentary majority in order to strengthen her hand in the Brexit negotiations; Negotiations have commenced between the British government and the EU and terms of reference have been agreed ; The Commission's Art 50 Task Force has created a very useful microsite  on the Brexit negotiations with some very useful publications including position papers on ongoing judicial and administrative procedures  and  Judicial Cooperation in Civil and Commercial Matters ; The Queen's speech has survived an amendment requiring the UK to remain in the customs union and single market but not without a substantial re...

Our head of chambers (who recently received the accolade of Lawyer of the Week   from the Times) and our other silks and specialist practitioners will hold our annual Judicial Review Conference  at the offices of the Law Society between 10:00 and 16:00 on the 4 July 2013. There is a public law dimension to intellectual property. In  Lenzing AG's European Patent (UK) [1997] RPC 245 where Mr Justice Jacobs sat as an additional judge of the Queen's Bench Division upon an application for a review of the implementation in England of a decision of the European Patent Office.  More recently, Mr Justice Kenneth Parker determined an application for a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010 on the grounds of incompatibility with EU legislation in British Telecommunications Plc and another (R on the application of) v The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2011] EWHC 1021 (Admin) (20 April 2011). There is a very strong lineup of speakers and an ...