Recent Developments on Brexit

On February 6, 2017, the firm published an alert titled “Recent Developments on Brexit.”

The first few weeks of 2017 have seen the United Kingdom take a number of significant steps along the path to Brexit. This memorandum provides a brief update on the following four key developments:

• January 17, 2017: Prime Minister Theresa May’s keynote speech on Brexit, delivered at Lancaster House, London.
• January 24, 2017: The Supreme Court’s decision in R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
• January 26, 2017: The publication of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
• February 2, 2017: The publication of the UK Government’s White Paper on Brexit (“The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union”).