ABSTRACT
In order to give effect to the referendum decision the government, now under the leadership of Theresa May, was required to the trigger Art 50 of the Treaty on European Union (EU). Although leaving the EU cannot but have a major impact on the operation of UK law, much of which derives from the EU, the precise consequences cannot even be guessed at for the moment or for the immediate future. What is certain is that during the period of negotiation and arguably for some time thereafter EU law and procedure will still apply in the UK. Things have certainly changed since then, but there remains a high degree of uncertainty as to how the relationship between the UK and the EU will end. As a result of the Act and the EU’s ratification of the implementation of Art 50, the UK ceased to be a member of the EU on 31 January.
