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The updated Withdrawal Agreement Q&A section of our Beyond Brexit Legal Guide is now available. This provides a useful overview of: what the Withdrawal Agreement is and what it includes; the Northern Ireland Protocol and how it differs from the original backstop; the relationship between the Withdrawal Agreement and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 the applicability of … Read more
Today, the European Commission President (Ursula von der Leyen) and the EU’s chief Brexit Negotiator (Michel Barnier) addressed the European Parliament on the future of the EU’s relations with the UK. In her speech, Ms von der Leyen reiterated the EU’s ambitions for its anticipated free trade agreement with the UK, in particular: “a zero … Read more
The updated Withdrawal Agreement Q&A section of our Brexit Legal Guide is now available. This provides a useful overview of: what the Withdrawal Agreement is; the Irish Backstop; the main difference between the original and revised Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland; the impact of current transition period; whether the UK became a third country on 31 … Read more
The updated Leaving the EU – The process and preparations section of our Brexit Legal Guide is now available. This provides a useful overview of the: implications of the UK leaving the EU on 31 January 2020; impact of the current transition period under the Withdrawal Agreement which is due to end on 31 December … Read more
Yesterday, the European Parliament ratified the Withdrawal Agreement which sets out the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU: this was the last remaining step to completing the Brexit process. The UK will now officially renounce its EU membership at 11pm GMT today, ending 47 years of integration with the EU. The UK will … Read more
Both the House of Commons and House of Lords have now agreed on the text of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 2019-20 (“WAB”), the legislation required for the UK to implement into domestic law the Withdrawal Agreement. The House of Lords introduced five amendments to the WAB (which also included restrictions on: (a) the … Read more
Following the Conservative Party’s decisive victory in December 2019’s General Election, it now seems all but inevitable that the UK will leave the EU on 31 January 2020 on the basis of the revised Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU in October 2019. However, this only marks the beginning of the process … Read more
This week’s events mark a significant milestone in the UK’s Brexit process. At the EU Summit the European Commission and the UK Government agreed a revised Brexit deal, which the EU Council endorsed. The next step is for the UK Government to obtain approval from the UK House of Commons on the revised deal starting with a … Read more
At the EU Summit today, the UK Government and European Commission agreed a revised Brexit deal, reaching agreement on the key outstanding issue of the Irish backstop and revising the terms of the future relationship. The European Commission has asked the European Council to endorse the revised Withdrawal Agreement and revised Political Declaration on the … Read more
