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NewsUK 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. ...
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EU-Backed Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) Comes into Force
The agreement is designed to temporarily replace non-functioning WTO Appellate Body
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Case Law Digest - April 2020
This month’s digest of CJEU case law includes judgments concerning the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in respect of EFTA nationals and extradition proceedings relating to third states; aspects of the application of the principle of equal treatment, both in relation to the free movement of workers and ...
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The ruling of the German Federal Constitutional Court adds further woe to the long awaited Unified Patent Court (UPC)
The IP legal community is facing renewed uncertainty over the future of the UPC, which would have provided for the establishment of a European patent with unitary effect, enforceable in all contracting member states. The most recent setback was the judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court on the 20 ...
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Brexit: Time is nigh and analysis of the legal text
Like all national governments, the European Commission has been severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. This has included progress on the negotiations with the UK for the future relationship, with the last major milestone being the publication of the EU’s draft legal text for the FTA, published on the 18 ...
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Recognition and Enforcement of judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters
State of Play Prior to the UK’s exit from the EU (and until the end of the transition period) the legislative framework which governed the recognition and enforcement of judgements on civil and commercial matters remains the Brussels I Recast Regulation 1215/2012 and the 2007 Lugano Convention. Both are ...
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Cross Border Mediation in a Post Brexit World by Peter Causton
No current article is complete without mentioning the coronavirus and so I begin by highlighting the revolution in communications which the virus is causing. Courts throughout the EU are having to adapt and introduce remote hearings or are adjourning cases, creating a backlog to be dealt with when the isolation ...
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental rights
In this article, we bring you the latest policy and legislative developments concerning the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental rights, and in particular the right to privacy. We feature initiaitves by the EU institutions and agencies such as European Parliament, European Commission and European Data Protection Board.
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Some Consequences of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Legal Services by Jonathan Goldsmith
Slowly some of the potential consequences for legal services are emerging from the fog of our current coronavirus crisis. Here is one major and one minor one.
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Will the UK rely more on private international law in the future? by Michael Clancy
Private International Law is a branch of law which is about to become more interesting for UK and EU lawyers in the post Brexit legal landscape. The deconstruction of the supranational legal order, to which the UK has belonged, and the reconstruction of the national legal order to include those ...
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Brexit and the challenge for international injury: how European private international law can help those seriously injured overseas
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to dominate world news, it feels like Brexit has been kicked into the long grass. However, the pandemic will pass and, when it does, Brexit will still be a reality. As the pent-up demand for international travel is unleashed later this year, the rights of ...
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Canada, the most European Country oustide of Europe! - By Sam Ayoub
Canada and the EU have a long history of economic co-operation. Comprising 28 Member States with a total population of over 500 million and a GDP of €13.0 trillion in 2012, the European Union (EU) is the world’s second-largest single market, foreign investor and trader. As an integrated bloc, the ...
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The UK-EU future relationship
The UK and EU have now both published their mandates for the upcoming negotiations on a UK-EU Free Trade Agreement. The visions contain some stark differences but also a lot of common ground. The question is whether in the tight timeframe available, the two sides are able to forge an ...
