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  • House of cards

    With Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing stiff opposition to his signature Brexit policy, he suffers a momentous defeat in the United Kingdom Supreme Court. How did it happen? What was the reasoning of the judges, and what are the implications of the verdict?

  • Faites vos jeux

    Britain gets a hard-fought extension, with incalculable consequences.

    Brexit update blog Prashant 11 April 2019
  • Change of course?

    With options running out before the United Kingdom faces yet another critical deadline, Prime Minister Theresa May tries one last (desperate) gamble to “save Brexit” – reaching out to the Labour Party. Will it be successful? Which are the options remaining on the table? What could happen next? Here...

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  • The Ides of March: The United Kingdom gets one last chance. Will it use it?

    Staying just a little bit longer? Or for good?

    Summary: With the European Council throwing a lifeline to the United Kingdom, all options are back on the table. Rather than taking back control, the United Kingdom now finds itself dependent on the remainder of the European Union – with the absence of...

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  • Facing reality

    With merely two weeks before the United Kingdom’s scheduled withdrawal from the European Union, Westminster still does not know what it wants and where it wishes to go.

    House of parliament London blog Brexit - 13 march 2019
  • Designer babies; morality or intellectual property?

    Unlike other sectors, improvements in Genetic technology raise issues of morality. The new human gene editing technology CRISPR/CAS9 has raised many such concerns. Can the current patent system deal with these concerns or should morality be dealt with by the inventors themselves?

    Designer Babies - Morality or Intellectual Property
  • Chimera

    In the hour of need, the United Kingdom is saddled with elected officials who fail to match the moment.

    Brexit blog bt Prashant Sabharwal_Law blog update feb19