Brexit

Charting a new course

04 September 2018

Brexit 'The View From Brussels' – Developments in September

This issue of 'The View from Brussels' focuses on the relevance of WTO arguments in the negotiations. The UK has so far not deployed any serious arguments based on the...

31 July 2018

Brexit 'The view from Brussels' – developments in July

On 12 July 2018 the UK government finally published its White Paper on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union including a proposal for...

Intellectual Property and Cyber Security issues considered in UK Government White Paper on the future UK-EU relationship - image of wires behind server

17 July 2018

Brexit White Paper highlights importance of Intellectual Property rights post-Brexit

Significantly, for those with interests in IP rights, the UK Government's White Paper on Brexit makes encouraging noises about future recognition and security for IP in the UK and in...

09 July 2018

Comments on UK proposal for the future relationship with the EU

Last Friday, 6 July, it was understood that the UK Cabinet had finally united around a UK position on the desired future relationship with the EU. However, it now...

The UK Modern Slavery Act: One year on, image of shard and river

06 July 2018

HM Treasury and Financial Regulators’ updates on Brexit preparation

Almost a year after it was introduced, a key piece of UK domestic Brexit legislation has now been passed. The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA), which aims to...

02 July 2018

Judges won’t get dragged into political squabbling over Brexit

Nusrat Zar and Mark Smyth have published a comment in The Times on two recent judicial review challenges in the context of Brexit. The decisions demonstrate that the UK courts...

03 July 2018

EIOPA issues second warning about the impact of Brexit on insurance contracts

EIOPA has published an opinion and FAQs emphasising the need for insurers and insurance intermediaries to explain to policyholders how Brexit will affect their insurance cover....

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14 June 2018

Brexit 'The view from Brussels' – developments in June

The Brexit debate often looks different when viewed from Brussels rather than from London. That Brussels perspective however is important for businesses to keep in mind and therefore we publish...

New FTSE 100 UK Modern Slavery Act Benchmarking Report Published

31 May 2018

Passage of new sanctions legislation and publication of updated guidance

On 24 May 2018, it was announced that the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act (the "Act") had received Royal Assent. The Act is the first piece of...

12 April 2018

State aid disciplines to continue to apply in the UK post-Brexit

The UK Government, in a letter to the House of Lords EU committee published last week , has provided important clarifications in relation to...

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