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EU Law
Response to the Consultation on Subsidy Control
Professor Andrea Biondi and Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho submitted a response to BEIS’ Consultation on subsidies control in the UK, along with Anneli Howard QC, Monckton Chambers, Dr Totis Kotsonis, Pinsent Masons,… Read more »
Celina Colquhoun Appointed Co Chair of the Bar Council EU Law Committee
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… Read more »
Simon Murray called to the Irish Bar
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… Read more »
The UK’s Global Tariff
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… Read more »
Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho appointed to the new Editorial Board of the Irish Journal of European Law (IJEL)
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… Read more »
Brexit, Trade and Tax – a global view from Timothy Lyons QC
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… Read more »
Katherine Apps in CJEU case on EU Social Policy
On 26 October 2020 Katherine Apps will appear for the European Public Service Union (EPSU) in the Grand Chamber of the CJEU (by video link). In Case-928/19 P EPSU appeals… Read more »
“Dieselgate” before the European Court of Justice (Michael McParland QC writes for Practical Law’s Dispute Resolution Blog)
In Verein für Konsumenteninformation (VKI) v Volkswagen AG, the European Court of Justice determined whether the special jurisdiction provisions of article 7(2) of the Brussels I (Recast) Regulation (1215/2012) should be interpreted in a… Read more »
“Dieselgate” VW’s before the CJEU: No smoke without special tort jurisdiction under the Brussels I Regulation?
The important recent decision in Verein für Konsumenteninformation (“VKI”) v Volkswagen AG (C-343/19) (9 July 2020) (see here) involved an action brought in Austria by an Austrian consumer organisation (VKI)… Read more »
UK/EU tax and customs negotiations: where are we now?
The UK draft agreement with the EU envisages a free trade agreement and some additional agreements. The EU draft agreement contains broader provisions establishing a new partnership. The EU provisions… Read more »
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