Bloomberg Law
March 17, 2017, 3:36 PM UTC

This Movie-Tax Lawyer Might Have Found a Way to Stop Brexit

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By Kit Chellel, Bloomberg News

Jolyon Maugham is hurrying through the streets of west London on his way to a meeting about Britain’s impending departure from the European Union. Even as he sidesteps dawdling tourists and dodges black cabs, Maugham is arguing about Brexit.

“That’s a terrible point and I’m going to demolish it in a blog post later,” he says, when it’s suggested his latest legal action in Dublin might be counterproductive. He then explains, in three stages, exactly why the point is so terrible. “If you don’t like the answer, don’t ask the question,” he shrugs.

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