Hopefully there won’t be any upsets and further complications from today’s decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal on whether the UK government can formally initiate Article 50 without parliamentary approval [the High Court has ruled that parliamentary approval is required].
If Article 50 is triggered in March I hope that at least part of the negotiation will be careful not to jeopardise the City of London’s role as a leading global financial centre. C. Geopolitical and other risks A third set of risks is geopolitical.