The post below was first published on our Competition blog We are delighted to share with you our newly updated report on Foreign Investment: Rising Tides of Politics in Regulation, which reflects a swathe of recent changes to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regimes around the world against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

The post below was first published on our Competition blog The UK Government has a significant choice to make over the next few weeks: it has to decide on its approach to protecting national security in a changing global landscape, while maintaining the country’s appeal – built up over the last 40 years – as … Read more

The post below was first published on our Beyond Brexit blog On 18 March 2020, the European Commission published a draft text of the Agreement on the New Partnership with the UK (the EU’s “draft agreement”); a previous draft of which had been published on 12 March 2020. Following the third negotiating round on the … Read more

The post below was first published on our Brexit blog There was time when trade negotiations were just about reducing tariffs and quotas. That was the purpose of GATT negotiating rounds and any tariff concession obtained by one contracting party had to be applied to all countries without discrimination. There were exceptions, in particular for … Read more

The post below was first published on our Public Law blog. Following our briefing paper of Monday 23 March 2020 (see here), the Coronavirus Bill has now passed through all stages in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and is now on the statute books as the “Coronavirus Act 2020” after … Read more

The Covid-19 outbreak is causing substantial disruption to the daily lives of people around the world, and is putting considerable strain on the UK’s healthcare infrastructure. It also has the potential to be a shock to the UK’s economic system, and will impact business of all sizes and across sectors. This is a fast-moving crisis, … Read more

A first EU draft of the Future Relationship between the UK and the EU has emerged.  It is a Commission draft that has been sent to Member States and the European Parliament for consultation (available here) and may therefore change considerably.  The UK government had announced that it would produce a draft in time for … Read more

The post below was first published on our Public law blog In striking out claims against an independent non-statutory inquiry, the Court of Appeal has provided useful guidance on the breadth of Parliamentary privilege, the scope of the Human Rights Act, and the procedure for challenging inquiry decisions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Others v … Read more