In the early hours of 24 June 2016, the result of the UK referendum on EU membership was announced. By a narrow but clear majority the vote was to leave the European Union.

This result has begun a chain of seismic political consequences in the UK and the EU, and will have widespread implications for the law and constitution in the UK.

In this video, Mark Elliott assess the immediate impact of the result.

Professor Elliott has also written a blog post available at: https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2016/06/24/brexit-legally-and-constitutionally-what-now/

For more information about Professor Elliott, please refer to his profile at http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/mc-elliott/25

Law in Focus is a collection of short videos featuring academics from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, addressing legal issues in current affairs and the news. These issues are examples of the many which challenge researchers and students studying undergraduate and postgraduate law at the Faculty.