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Originally Posted by Damien
How is it binding if it isn't enforced by law? The AV vote for example was legally binding. When you link to 'lawyers for britain' I assumed you were referencing them for legal advice and not their personal opinions on politics. They're experts in law after all.
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The AV referendum was binding because as part of the act that was the legal basis for that referendum was the necessary laws to enact it.
No such provisions were made in the EU referendum. It is politically binding for sure, it would take something catastrophic to provide any justification for ignoring it, but not legally binding. I could provide a bunch of separate sources for this but it's the mainstream and accepted view, including by Parliament.
Those guys may be lawyers but they are lawyers who started off with a position then started looking for ways to prove their point, rather than looking at the law and assessing their position from that.
There are loads more lawyers on the opposite side of the argument -
http://lawyers-inforbritain.uk/signatories/ - but nonetheless both need taking with a fairly hefty pinch of salt as both have an axe to grind.