Brexit
The UK has left the EU, single market and customs union. Solicitors and firms that provide services and their establishment within the EU, EEA and Switzerland are subject to 31 different regulatory regimes. It has consequences for solicitors travelling to the EU on business; immigration to and from the EU; civil and commercial judicial cooperation; EU legal professional privilege; intellectual property; family law; anti-money laundering; and VAT.
Retained EU law
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill seeks to make major changes to the body of retained EU law in UK domestic law.
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- Brexit and the legal profession27 Jan 2022
- Changes to representation rules before intellectual property offices16 Dec 2020
- Changes to the immigration system after Brexit12 Apr 2021
- Choice of court agreements after Brexit10 Feb 2021
- Doing legal business in Belgium30 Mar 2023
- Doing legal business in France07 Mar 2023
- Doing legal business in Germany07 Mar 2023
- Doing legal business in Italy03 Mar 2021
- Doing legal business in Luxembourg28 Jan 2025
- Doing legal business in Spain28 Jan 2025
- Doing legal business in Switzerland26 Feb 2025
- Doing legal business in the Netherlands03 Mar 2021
- Doing legal business in the Republic of Ireland24 Mar 2023
- Domestic violence after Brexit11 Apr 2025
- EU legal professional privilege after Brexit29 Nov 2021
- EU mobility after Brexit: practice rights and rules in EU 27 member states28 Jul 2021
- Enforcement of foreign judgments after Brexit09 Apr 2025
- England and Wales as an open jurisdiction to European and foreign lawyers after Brexit21 Feb 2022
- Intellectual property after Brexit11 Apr 2025
- Law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters after Brexit28 Jul 2021
- Legal services in the Brexit free trade agreement29 Dec 2020
- Maintenance after Brexit25 Mar 2021
- Personal data flows to and from the UK21 Mar 2022
- Private children law after Brexit22 Mar 2021
- Private family law after Brexit22 Mar 2021
- Public children law after Brexit22 Mar 2021
- Rules on jurisdiction after Brexit13 Jan 2021
- Service of documents after Brexit13 Jan 2021
- Taking of evidence after Brexit13 Jan 2021
- Travelling to the EU on business after Brexit10 Apr 2025
- VAT after Brexit09 Mar 2021
- What is the European Court of Justice and why does it matter?28 Jan 2025
- Immigration for workers and employers in the UK30 Nov 2021
- Retained EU law19 Jan 2024
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