Campaigners drop case in Ireland to test Brexit reversibility

Campaigners seeking a ruling on whether Britain's departure from the European Union can be reversed have dropped the case they brought before the Irish High Court, one of the plaintiffs said on Monday.

The campaigners, who brought their challenge in the hope that it would be referred to the European Court of Justice for a definitive ruling, cited the Irish state's opposition, the length of time the case would have taken and the potential scale of costs involved as the reasons for their decision.

"With regret, we have agreed between us and with Ireland that the litigation should be discontinued," British tax specialist Jolyon Maugham, the lawyer behind the challenge, said in a statement on his website.

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