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ARCHIVED: This Checklist has been archived and is no longer maintained. For up-to-date guidance, please refer to: Governing law and jurisdiction clauses in commercial contracts―checklist. Brexit: As of exit day (11pm on 31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in line with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK entered an implementation period, during which it continues to be subject to EU law. This affects this Checklist. For further guidance, see Brexit Bulletin—key updates, research tips and resources, and the Brexit collection. This Checklist assesses the implications of Brexit for drafting and negotiating dispute resolution clauses. It looks at the position regarding: Applicable law clauses (also referred to as governing law clauses or choice of law clauses) Jurisdiction clauses The enforcement of judgments The service of documents...

This Checklist offers practitioners a route map through the array of cross-border issues to consider when proceedings feature an international element, for example a defendant domiciled outside the jurisdiction or a contract that designates the courts of another country as having jurisdiction. Structured as a table, it poses key questions and links to underlying materials that address them. The UK’s departure from the EU has consequences for practitioners handling cross-border matters involving not only EU Member States but also contracting states to the Lugano Convention 2007 and to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements. Consequently, this Checklist also connects to pertinent Brexit content within the cross-border topic in view, and examines several Brexit-specific cross-border issues. For guidance where Brexit is not in play, see: Cross border considerations-checklist. Brexit-transition/implementation period The UK is no longer an EU Member State, following its exit at 11 pm on 31 January 2020 (exit day). Two time periods are pertinent for dispute resolution practitioners: after IP completion...

ARCHIVED: This Checklist is archived and no longer maintained. Brexit: as of exit day (11 pm on 31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in line with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK entered an implementation period, during which EU law still applies. This affects this Checklist. It should be read with this context firmly in mind. For further guidance, see: Brexit Bulletin—key updates, research tips and resources, and the Brexit collection. On 3 February 2020, the UK and the EU set out their opening negotiating positions for a post‑Brexit UK‑EU relationship. Although the Political Declaration, appended to the Withdrawal Agreement, provides the framework for the future relationship with the EU, it is not legally binding, so either side may choose to depart from parts or all of the text. If talks on a trade agreement between the UK and the EU fail (a no trade deal Brexit), the UK’s trade with the EU would proceed on World Trade Organization (WTO) terms. This Checklist...

ARCHIVED: 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 signalled the conclusion of the Brexit transition/implementation phase that followed the UK’s exit from the EU. At that moment in time (known in UK legislation as ‘IP completion day’), the principal transitional provisions finally ceased. From IP completion day, the UK is unable to take an active role in the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), as EAWs apply solely to Member States...

Flowchart This Flowchart sets out the questions to consider when deciding the applicable law in employment matters, namely which legal system governs an employment contract or employment relationship, and guides the assessment to identify the applicable rules in such cases. Brexit has no significant practical effect in this field. The reason is that Article 66 of the Withdrawal Agreement preserves the existing Rome I and Rome II framework beyond IP completion day (11 pm on 31 December 2020), ensuring continuity of approach. That position is implemented domestically by the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/479, which took effect on IP completion day and applies for employment cases...

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This has had a significant impact on European businesses and the lawyers representing them. In this article, we examine the implications arising from recent developments across the UK and EU sanctions frameworks and assess what further changes may credibly be expected in the near future. Measures aimed at Russia under UK and EU regimes have multiplied markedly since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, creating a far denser compliance landscape. Consequently, the body of legislation practitioners must master to advise clients effectively in this area has grown markedly, requiring deeper familiarity to advise clients properly in this field. Before hostilities began, the UK’s Russia-focused regulations, introduced in 2019 as part of the UK’s exit from the EU, comprised only 64 pages in total at that time. Amendments over the past three and a half years have expanded that to 529 pages in aggregate overall. In addition, this growth excludes the extensive wave of designations under the Russia regime by the UK government from February 2022 to the present...

This quick guide to e-commerce and financial services outlines current UK law and retained EU law on financial services e-commerce obligations that were changed and/or cancelled by the Electronic Commerce and Solvency 2 (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, SI 2019/1361 (the E-Commerce Exit Regulations), together with other measures made at the end of the implementation period after the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The summary below explains the Brexit arrangements for onshoring EU rules applicable to e-commerce financial services providers following Brexit. Overview of onshored and preserved EU-derived law post-IP completion day The E-Commerce Exit Regulations 2019 were laid on 25 March 2019. They sit within HM Treasury’s programme of statutory instruments under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 EU(W)A 2018, addressing contingency planning for a ‘no deal’ Brexit. These Regulations contribute to domesticating EU law so that legal continuity is maintained at the moment the UK leaves the EU. EU(W)A 2018 ‘onshores’ and keeps in force most EU and EU-derived legislation as it existed immediately before...

This Practice Note examines the provisions of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CJJA 1982) that resolve questions of international jurisdiction for employment proceedings commenced on or after 1 January 2021. For a visual summary, see: Determining jurisdiction in employment disputes (1 January 2021 onwards)—flowchart. For guidance where proceedings began on or before 31 December 2020, see: Practice Note: International jurisdiction—allocating employment cases between national courts and tribunals pre-1 January 2021 [Archived] Determining jurisdiction in employment disputes (to IP completion day)—flowchart [Archived] Background Where a common law claim is brought in the courts—such as a damages claim for breach of contract or to enforce post-termination restrictions (restrictive covenants)—jurisdiction is governed by the CJJA 1982 and the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). These rules apply to proceedings instituted on or after 1 January 2021 and replace Retained Regulation (EU) 1215/2012, Brussels I (recast) (commonly known as the Brussels 1a Regulation), and the Lugano Convention, which applied to proceedings started before the end of...

Premier Oil is among a number of oil and gas companies that have reassessed their funding options to cope with the effects of an extended period of low crude prices. Brexit impact From exit day (31 January 2020), the UK ceased to be an EU Member State. Nevertheless, under the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK entered an implementation period, during which EU law continued to apply. In many Brexit SIs, references to exit day should be construed as referring to IP completion day (the end of the implementation period, defined in clause 39 as 31 December 2020 at 11.00 pm), unless that wording is expressly disapplied by the relevant SI. For more detail, see News Analysis: Brexit—impact of the Withdrawal Agreement and European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 for R&I lawyers, and Brexit Bulletin—key updates, research tips and resources. While schemes do not fall within the scope of the Recast Regulation on Insolvency, their later recognition frequently depends on Brussels I (recast) (see below and Practice Note: Brexit—impact on...

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