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NLJ this week: Civil cross-border changes

26 February 2021
Issue: 7922 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU , Commercial
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Cross-border cases became more complex this year after the Brexit transition period ended without a deal on civil justice.

Consequently, the rules on establishing forum and jurisdiction have changed considerably, while access to the Brussels I (Recast) procedure for recognition and enforcement of judgments is no longer available.

Writing in NLJ this week, barristers Alexander Layton QC and Andrew Dinsmore study the post-Brexit landscape for jurisdiction and enforcement of foreign judgments. As well as considering the current position, they look ahead to future developments, such as potential accession to the Lugano Convention.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

FOIL—Bridget Tatham

FOIL—Bridget Tatham

Forum of Insurance Lawyers elects president for 2026

Gibson Dunn—Robbie Sinclair

Gibson Dunn—Robbie Sinclair

Partner joinslabour and employment practice in London

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor

NEWS
Solicitors are installing panic buttons and thumb print scanners due to ‘systemic and rising’ intimidation including death and arson threats from clients
Ministers’ decision to scrap plans for their Labour manifesto pledge of day one protection from unfair dismissal was entirely predictable, employment lawyers have said
Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure
NLJ columnist Stephen Gold surveys a flurry of procedural reforms in his latest 'Civil way' column
Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week
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