Meddling Lawyers Rejoice as U.K. Tabloids Mourn Brexit Setback

By Patrick Gower and Kit Chellel, Bloomberg News

British lawyers celebrated Tuesday after a suit filed by a handful of small and mid-sized law firms defeated the British government and complicated Theresa May’s plan for a quick Brexit. But the country’s pro-leave tabloid newspapers branded the judges and attorneys as elites with contempt for voters.

“This was law at its best; a sober evaluation of the legal issues at hand, resulting in a considered judgment absent of political agenda,” said former Attorney General Peter Goldsmith, now a London co-managing partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, who wasn’t involved in the case. ...