[Denver]

EU LEADERS can’t legally enforce a huge Brexit divorce bill on the UK, its own lawyers have admitted.

Leaked minutes from Brussels show that leaders ignored advice and pushed ahead with plans for the hefty bill anyway.

The staggering bill is causing serious tensions already between Britain and the EU – before talks have even seriously begun.

According to The Sunday Telegraph, there have been serious divisions in Europe about whether to push the UK for money to quit the bloc.

And leaders seem to have ignored the advice of their own lawyers by asking us to cough up.

A source told the paper: “It was the clear view of the Commission that it would be legally impossible to defend the idea that the entire seven-year budget plan was a binding commitment on the UK, and that insisting the UK pay after Brexit would give them an excuse to walk.”

Brexit Secretary David Davis said last week there was no way we would pay anything like the amount being floated.

And he accused EU chiefs of trying to “bully” Britain with their negative briefings.

He insisted there was no legal obligation to pay anything at all – although Theresa May has said we can fairly settle things before we exit.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/350105...le-to-enforce/