Could lawsuits derail Britain's exit from the European Union?

Lawsuits filed on behalf of a hairdresser, entrepreneur and others have been merged into a single claim

A number of lawsuits, merged into a single claim, are likely to end up before the UK Supreme Court this year

In the hall of London’s Inner Temple, a grand dining chamber with stained-glass windows and coats of arms adorning the walls, 300 lawyers assembled to complain aboutBritain’s exit from the European Union.

"The world has effectively been turned upside down," said former attorney general Dominic Grieve. The campaign in favour of leaving was "the constitutional equivalent of crimes against humanity," remarked Richard Gordon, a barrister at Brick Court Chambers. When the speakers asked ...