NLJ this week: What’s retained?

12 March 2021

Issue: 7924 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU

At 11pm on 31 December 2020, EU law ceased to apply to and in the UK. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Brasted and Andrew Eaton of Hogan Lovells ask: what now?

The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 created ‘retained EU law’, a new species of UK law to fill the gap left by EU law. Brasted and Eaton provide practical answers to a ‘starter kit’ of questions to ask when advising on the implications of retained EU law for the UK’s legal and regulatory environment.

They also examine the potential opportunities presented by the current uncertainty.

Issue: 7924 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU

EU law: what’s retained?

NLJ this week: What’s retained?

At 11pm on 31 December 2020, EU law ceased to apply to and in the UK. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Brasted and Andrew Eaton of Hogan Lovells ask: what now?

They also examine the potential opportunities presented by the current uncertainty.

Issue: 7924 / Categories: , Legal News , Brexit , EU

EU law: what’s retained?

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