Brexit – Page 2 – Law Journals

Brexit: The good, the bad and the ugly

Charlotte Bradley and Stacey Nevin highlight areas where there is likely to be a lacuna in the law as a result of Brexit and ask whether Brexit may present opportunities to reform family law for the better ‘Jurisdiction requirements for divorce, civil partnerships or judicial separation are an obvious area in need of domestic reform …

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Brexit: Migration to the future

Samar Shams considers what the UK’s immigration policies may look like when free movement of EU nationals ends ‘Employers reliant on low-skilled workers face difficulties. Neither the MAC nor the information that has thus far dribbled out from government indicates there will be much provision for low-skilled worker visa routes.’ In September 2018, the Migration …

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Musings from Manchester: Who will stand up for the trust?

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Geoffrey Shindler looks into the post-Brexit future ‘I am hoping that cometh April 2019 we shall have the ability to develop trust and estate law free from any fears of continental invasion.‘ Robert Browning, not on the subject to Brexit but rather giving us his Home-Thoughts, From Abroad, once stated: Oh, to be in England …

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Brexit: Opting out

How should we consider the EU Succession Regulation and UK/EU private client law in light of Brexit? Phineas Hirsch discusses ‘Following the UK‘s eventual exit from the EU, the ability for English testators to elect expressly in their will for the law of their nationality to apply to their succession under Art 22 of the …

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Brexit: The long and winding road

Stephen Sellers considers the current outlook for public procurement after Brexit ‘The most straightforward way of achieving a transition period is to extend the Art 50 period for withdrawal and defer exit day beyond 29 March 2019.‘ The second reading of the Trade Bill took place on 9 January 2018. The Bill provides powers for …

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Brexit: Crossing borders

Robert Bell reports on a recent decision of the EFTA Court ‘The question before the court was what level of culpability of a contracting authority was necessary for the court to award damages for breach of the public procurement law.’ A recent public procurement decision of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court highlights the …

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Brexit: Uncertain times

Lottie Tyler suggests that the impact on family law of the planned departure of the UK from the EU will be wide-reaching ‘If the government proposals are adopted, the UK leaving the EU as a factor in relocation cases is inconsequential, but the proposals are only proposals and no absolute certainty can be offered to …

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Brexit: Courting Europe

Tom Snelling and Lauma Skruzmane continue their examination of litigation after Brexit ‘It is inevitable that uncertainty will arise before the courts of England and Wales because it is not clear when exactly the applicable legal regime for choice of court clauses will change.’ In our previous article (‘Climb every mountain’, CLJ74), we examined how …

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Brexit: Climb every mountain

In part one of a two-part consideration, Tom Snelling and Lauma Skruzmane survey the perilous path of Brexit ‘When asked to recognise and enforce a judgment delivered by a court in the EU27, in the absence of any agreement with the EU, the UK courts will most likely have to resort to the common law …

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Brexit: (Un)happy endings

Graeme Young, Caroline Hobson and Ruth Derruau assess a potential Brexit pitfall ‘Where authorities seek to extend contracts and are not able to rely on one of the Reg 72 grounds, they are likely to be acting unlawfully, in breach of UK law.’The Financial Times (FT) recently reported that (10 April 2017): … hundreds of government contracts …

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