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CJEU upholds opinion of Advocate General and rules that UK can unilaterally cancel Brexit by revoking Article 50
In a landmark decision delivered on an accelerated timetable, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has ruled that a Member State can …
41st FA Mann Lecture: The RT Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP Speech "Brexit - Endgame of International Engagement or a New Start?"
On 22 November, the 41st FA Mann Lecture was delivered by the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, speaking on the issue: “Brexit – endgame of international …
41st FA Mann Lecture tomorrow: The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP considers "Brexit- endgame of international engagement or a new start?"
The 41st of a series of annual lectures in honour of the late Dr FA Mann QC (Hon) (1907-1991) will take place tomorrow in London. This series of …
Brexit: dispute resolution between the EU and the UK, under the withdrawal agreement and in the event that there is "no deal"
At a critical time in the Brexit negotiations, in the latest podcast on the Herbert Smith Freehills Podcast channel, Andrew Cannon and Hannah Ambrose …
State to state dispute resolution in the UK Government's White Paper: arbitration with a potential role for the CJEU
The White Paper published yesterday, "The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union", includes the UK Government's proposal …
State-to-State Dispute Settlement under the EU's latest draft of the Withdrawal Agreement: CJEU jurisdiction remains
On 15 March 2018 the European Commission published a revised version of the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the EU and the UK previously published on …
State-to-State dispute settlement under the EU's draft Withdrawal Agreement: CJEU jurisdiction not arbitration
We have known for some time now that the UK and EU have very different views regarding the state-to-state dispute resolution mechanism to be contained in …
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