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Brexit and its effect on trade
Daniel Dalton, CEO of the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, gives his views on current topics including diversity, coronavirus and the Brexit transition period.
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Commission launches a public consultation on the Digital Services Act
The Commission launched a public consultation to identify issues that may require intervention through the proposed Digital Services Act (DSA). The consultation also aims to identify additional topics related to the environment of digital services and online platforms, which will be further analysed in view of possible upcoming initiatives, ...
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Agreement on the proposals on taking evidence and on service of documents in civil and commercial matters
On 30 June European Parliament and European Council negotiators reached an agreement on two proposed pieces of legislation on taking evidence and on service of documents in civil and commercial matters. The aim of the new legislation is to make judicial cross-border cooperation between national courts more efficient through digitalisation. ...
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June case law digest
This month the CJEU has taken cases involving the provision of free samples of pain gel and who can provide these samples, a case involving the Slovak regulatory authority, whether animal protection directives applied in a case involving the capture of a wild wolf, transparency laws in Hungary and whether ...
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6 months to go: Brexit and legal services
With formal confirmation that the transitional period will not be extended under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, it now appears very likely that the future relationship with the EU will commence from the 1st January 2021. This decision immediately preceded the meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European ...
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Get involved in the Brussels Advisory Group
The Law Societies exists to represent, promote and support UK lawyers throughout their career. We also fulfil, on behalf of the solicitor profession, an important public interest role. The Brussels Office of the UK Law Societies continues to be guided by members, with input sought through a number of ...
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The EU confirms option to defer DAC 6 reporting obligations
On 24 June, the EU Council announced that it had adopted by written procedure an amending directive to DAC 6 providing an optional six-month delay to the reporting deadlines due to the disruption caused by the pandemic. This follows European Parliament approval received on 19 June. The ...
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COVID-19 — the UK’s Legislative Response - Michael Clancy
Michael Clancy, Director of Law Reform at the Law Society of Scotland, explores legislative responses to the pandemic in each UK jurisdiction as well as in the EU. He also details the work of the Society in response to the crisis.
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NewsCase Law Digest - May 2020
The overview of the most important cases from the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in May.
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Impact of COVID-19 on European Justice Systems - Philip Buisseret
Philip Buisseret, Secretary General of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on justice systems across the EU and what needs to be done now to address these challenges.
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Our New Life in Justice: A Look at How Institutions in the Justice Sector Plan to Emerge from Lockdown - Jonathan Goldsmith
Jonathan Goldsmith, Council Member for EU matters at the Law Society of England and Wales, explores what some justice institutions in the UK and EU are doing to prepare for an emergence from lockdown.
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Analysis: The German Federal Constitutional Court’s Judgment on the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Programme – A Blow to the EU or Much Ado About Nothing? - Prof Fausto Pocar
A recent judgment from the German Federal Constitutional Court has raised a lively debate among European lawyers about its impact on the distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States and the manner in which these are determined and overseen. The case centred around whether the ECB’s flagship ...
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UK Government publishes draft legal text for UK-EU free trade agreement
The UK Government published on 19 May the draft legal text for the future relationship with the EU. As expected, it contains a number of significant differences from the EU draft legal text published at the end of February. The Brussels Office will continue to monitor the reaction, including during ...
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Supporting the Profession Through Covid-19: Law Society of Northern Ireland
Rowan White, President of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, gives his perspective on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the justice sector, the society and economy as a whole. The pandemic, he writes, ’has brought considerable turbulence to our daily lives and the functioning of the global economy. ...
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COVID-19, Brexit and the Resilience of the English & Welsh Courts - Elizabeth Williams, Stuart Doxford & Tom Bowen
The English Welsh courts have long been a key global venue for complex cross border litigation. The reasons for their popularity are many and varied, but one part of the equation was (and currently, by virtue of the Brexit transitional period, remains) the private international law framework embodied ...
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COVID-19 Pressures: Proposal to Defer DAC 6
The Law Society of England and Wales has welcomed the fact that the European Commission published on 8 May a proposal to postpone by three months the requirement to make first reports under DAC 6. The proposal sought to push back the deadline for submitting first reports under DAC ...
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European Rule of Law Annual Report
One of the initiatives of the new European Commission is the establishment of an annual Rule of Law Report, part of the comprehensive European rule of law mechanism which will cover all Member States with objective annual reporting by the European Commission. The annual Rule of Law Report will monitor ...
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The effect of COVID-19 on The European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights
Courts around the world have been developing new working patterns and using new technology to ensure that justice continues through the COVID-19 pandemic: the ECJ and ECHR are no exception.
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The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Concluded by the Council
On 30 th March 2020, the Council adopted a decision on the conclusion of the FTA between the EU and Vietnam using a written procedure. It is predicted that the FTA will come in to force in early summer 2020, once the Vietnamese National Assembly has ratified the process. ...
