In a speech in January laying out the government’s negotiating stance, May was clear on the legal dimension of departure. Brexit would see the UK making a clear break from the jurisdiction of the European court of justice (ECJ), the Luxembourg-based guardian and interpreter of EU law, as it leaves the single market and customs union. “We will not have truly left the European Union if we are not in control of our own laws,” she said. “Leaving the European Union will mean that our laws will be made in Westminster, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. In recent weeks ministers have wrangled over how far and fast to put their foot down on the Brexit pedal.

Source: The Guardian August 19, 2017 20:32 UTC