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Brexit Needs Vote of U.K. Parliament

Court ruling introduces even more uncertainty to business environment in the U.K.

By Kit Chellel and Patrick Gower, Bloomberg | Updated on November 03, 2016

The U.K. must hold a vote in Parliament before starting the two-year countdown to Brexit, a panel of London judges decided, setting up a constitutional confrontation at the country’s Supreme Court next month.

Triggering the departure from the European Union would “inevitably” change domestic law without Parliament’s approval, Judge John Thomas said Thursday, delivering a decision that is a setback for Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan to unilaterally start the process by the end of March by invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

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