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From EU membership to retained law: the post-Brexit status and effect of EU Treaties, Regulations, Directives and CJEU rulings in UK law

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It offers contextual guidance on the main types and doctrines of EU Law and legislation, and considers how Brexit affects EU-derived law and legislation in the UK, as background reading. For more detail on this topic, see the Practice Notes: Brexit—key legislation explained and Retained EU law and assimilated law. For broader Brexit materials, see: Brexit collection. This Practice Note is not maintained.

Effect of Brexit on EU law in the UK

The UK ended its EU membership at 11 pm on 31 January 2020 (Exit day). From that moment, directly applicable EU law no longer applied to the UK under the EU Treaties, and the UK was no longer bound by duties under those treaties, which oblige Member States to ensure their domestic legislation complies with obligations set out in EU laws. EU law itself, and its operation for Member States, is unaffected by the UK’s departure—it continues to govern the remaining EU Member States as it did before. The UK’s status in relation to EU law is different—it is governed by the Withdrawal Agreement, an international treaty negotiated by the UK, as set out in that agreement text...

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Carl is a Professional Support Lawyer, working on public law for LexisPSL. Carl was a government lawyer from 1995 to 2008. He was a legal adviser at the Department of Health, and then a senior legal adviser at DWP, Cabinet Office European Legal Advisers, the Attorney General’s Office and finally at HMRC. As a government lawyer he advised ministers and regulators, defended the government in UK and European courts, drafted legislation and negotiated for the UK in Europe. After that Carl taught public and EU law at the Open University and the National School of Government, then at BPP University Law School where he was subject leader in public and EU law until 2021....

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