header-logo header-logo

26 April 2018
Issue: 7790 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU
printer mail-detail

The search for Brexit optimism

nlj_7790_greene_0

Civil justice co-operation between EU states and the UK is likely to continue after the transition period despite the EU Brexit taskforce’s current position, litigation specialist David Greene predicts in this week's NLJ.

The position of the taskforce, led by chief negotiator Michel Barnier, is that, post-Brexit, the UK will be treated like any other third country. Writing in NLJ this week, however, David Greene, NLJ consultant editor and senior partner at Edwin Coe, strikes a more positive note.

‘That may be a stance to take in negotiation but it is myopic and unless we crash out one cannot see it being carried through,’ he writes.

‘Such is the integration between the EU 27 and the UK built up over the past 45 years co-operation in civil justice is a substantive two-way street with benefits both sides.’

Issue: 7790 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU
printer mail-details
RELATED ARTICLES

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London

DWF—Stephen Hickling

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Ward Hadaway—44 appointments

Firm invests in national growth with 44 appointments across five offices

NEWS
Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has narrowly preserved a key weapon in its anti-corruption arsenal. In this week's NLJ, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers examines Guralp Systems Ltd v SFO, in which the High Court ruled that a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) remained in force despite the company’s failure to disgorge £2m by the stated deadline
As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’
Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’
Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial
back-to-top-scroll