“Arguments put forward by the European Commission to block the UK from joining a key international agreement have ‘no legal basis’, the lord chancellor said today, in a push for ‘pragmatic cooperation’ after Brexit. Robert Buckland QC told a London International Disputes Week event that blocking the UK’s accession to the 2007 Lugano Convention will ‘harm our joint communities, particularly consumers, SMEs and financially vulnerable families’ …” (more)
[Jemma Slingo, Law Society Gazette, 13 May]
First posted 2021-05-17 10:15:27
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