EU Law

As from 1st June 2021, the Trade Remedies Authority ("TRA") was established as an authority independent of the UK government.  That is the result of the Trade Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1 and Expiry Provision) Regulations 2021, S.1. 2021/550, regulat... Read more  

The European Commission has formally rejected the UK's application to accede to the Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial matters that was concluded in Lugano on 30 October 2007. The current Con... Read more  

Timothy Lyons QC will chair this webinar, hosted by The Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at City, University of London and Reed Smith. The webinar will bring together well-known participants with business, policy and legal experience to consider the UK's ... Read more  

On 5 October 2020 Timothy Lyons took the advocate's oath at a ceremony in the Palais de Justice in Brussels and entered the tableau of advocates. A short clip of the ceremony has been posted at https://www.advocatennet.be/5-oktober-2020-de-advocaat-s... Read more  

Celina Colquhoun has been elected Co Chair of the Bar Council EU Law Committee with Philip Moser QC  of Monckton Chambers from 1st January 2021 following the Bar Council's final meeting of 2020 on 14th December. This also follows her year as Co Vice ... Read more  

In advance of the end of the UK's withdrawal period from the EU on 31 December 2020 Simon Murray has been called to the Irish Bar. He joins Timothy Lyons QC, Mattias Kelly QC. Katherine Apps, Christopher Staker, Hannah  McCarthy and Ruth Keating as 3... Read more  

While the UK and the EU continue to negotiate for an agreement between themselves, the legislation establishing the UK's global customs tariff makes its appearance.  It is made under certain provisions of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 an... Read more  

Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho has been appointed to the new Editorial Board of the Irish Journal of European Law (IJEL), which is published under the auspices of the Irish Society for European Law.  She has been appointed as Joint Case Law Editor.A Call f... Read more  

In this webinar, for Queen Mary University of London, Professor Timothy Lyons QC will give an insight into recent developments in the Brexit saga, affecting trade and taxation. With only a few weeks to go before the end of the UK's transition period ... Read more  

In this webinar with City, University of London Law School, Timothy Lyons speaks on the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement on trade with Northern Ireland. He appears alongside Dr Katy Hayward, Queen's University Belfast and UK in a Changing Europ... Read more