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UK Government and businesses intensify planning for no-deal Brexit

Detail of the technical notices makes clear that avoiding much of the potentially significant disruption of a no deal outcome will require good faith, cooperation and pragmatism from both sides of the English Channel....more

8/23/2018  /  Member State , Referendums , UK , UK Brexit

Is your business prepared for the 'storm' of secondary legislation needed to get UK law ready for Brexit?

With around 19,000 pieces of EU legislation currently in force in the UK, EU law touches all aspects of life, from health and safety to harbours and highways; from employment rights to exotic diseases....more

The terms of an orderly Brexit transition are now known but remain uncertain

The EU27 have agreed the terms of the UK's transitional period with the EU following its exit on 29 March 2019 and adopted guidelines setting out the EU's negotiating position on the future relationship....more

Theresa May issues invitation to Brexit economic pragmatism

On 2 March 2018, Theresa May made her third major speech on Brexit in which she set out in more detail than ever before the ambitious future relationship that the UK Government is seeking to negotiate with the EU. ...more

House of Lords Committee deems Government's Brexit Withdrawal Bill "constitutionally unacceptable"

On the eve of the debate in the House of Lords on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the Bill), the House of Lords Constitution Committee (the Committee) has published a report (the Report) describing the Bill as...more

1/30/2018  /  EU , Member State , Referendums , UK , UK Brexit

How will Brexit impact UK and EU influence over international economic regulation?

With the EU and the UK having made "sufficient progress" on the terms of the UK's withdrawal from the EU during phase one of the Brexit negotiations, attention has shifted to the framework for the future relationship between...more

Brexit negotiations poised for intense start to 2018

In what looks set to be the last major Brexit development of 2017, the European Commission yesterday published its recommended draft negotiating directives for the next phase of the Article 50 negotiations. ...more

Article 50 Withdrawal Agreement to require a vote From Parliament

The EU Withdrawal Bill has now entered the committee stage in the House of Commons. This is the stage at which Parliament gets into the detail of the Bill, including amending it if necessary. ...more

Hogan Lovells Host Successful Launch Of Cobcoe's Brexit - The Voices Of European Business Report

100 business leaders. 27 roundtables. 18 economies of the EU27. One central conclusion: Politicians are not listening to the concerns and priorities of European business. That was the consensus at the launch of an important...more

Stuck in the middle without EU: UK courts grapple with Brexit uncertainty

One of the UK Government's central objectives for Brexit is to bring an end to the jurisdiction in the UK of the Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU"). A necessary implication of this objective is that, unless agreed otherwise...more

Finger on the polls – May calls for snap General Election

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has today announced that she intends to trigger a General Election to take place on 8 June 2017. The announcement came as a surprise, having only been agreed this morning in a meeting of Cabinet...more

Top Brexit developments in 2017 for ADG companies

On 23 June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom (UK) voted in a referendum to leave the European Union (EU). The UK Government gave the EU formal notice of its intention to withdraw from the EU on 29 March 2017. This...more

What you need to know before Brexit gets underway this week

This Wednesday, the UK embarks on a journey not previously taken by any other EU Member State. The process for withdrawing from the EU, which will get officially underway following the UK's formal notification to the European...more

Agreeing how to disagree: Brexit, future EU-UK agreements and the need for an umpire

What good is a cricket game without an umpire? While both teams might be applying the same rules, situations often crop up in which a definitive interpretation must be given, and the rules of the game enforced. The same...more

The Government's Article 50 Bill: small, but of mighty constitutional importance

On 26 January 2017, the Government published its European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill (the "Bill") to empower the Prime Minister to notify the EU, under Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, of the...more

Supreme Court rules Brexit must be triggered by UK Parliament

On 24 January 2017, the Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated judgment in Miller v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU. The Claimants argued that an Act of Parliament was required to authorise the triggering...more

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