Tags matching 'brexit'
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Corporate Governance
Since the Brexit Referendum on 23rd June 2016 at which the UK voted to leave the EU, there has been speculation within the City of London...
05/05/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the cultural divide
Chatham House, the London-based political think tank, devotes a significant section of the April/May 2019 edition of its magazine, "The...
01/05/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Company Law
On 18 April 2009 the EU Parliament resolved at first reading to adopt, with amendments, two Directives which are designed to streamline...
30/04/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a new Customs Union
The Institute of Economic Affairs ("IEA") , a free market think tank, issued a new briefing paper on 25th April 2019 in which it argued...
29/04/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Switzerland - A further development
Following the citizens' rights agreement which the UK and Switzerland signed on 25th February 2019, the two countries have now reached an...
25/04/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit, Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
On 15th April 2019, H.M. Treasury published a consultation paper with the memorable title of "Transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering...
23/04/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the environment
Bearing in mind the postponement of the Brexit "exit day" until 11pm UK time on 31st October 2019 which was agreed between the UK and...
17/04/19
Joanne Moseley
Worried about the impact of Brexit on your workforce? New ACAS guidance may help
The UK is due to leave the EU by automatic operation of law on 12 April* unless the government's beleaguered Withdrawal Agreement is...
08/04/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and challenges to the validity of retained EU law
One of the trickiest aspects of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("EUWA"), which is the UK Act designed to implement Brexit , is...
29/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the extension of Article 50 - a legal conundrum
On 22 March 2019 the UK and the EU agreed to defer the "exit day" for Brexit to 11pm (UK time) on 22 May 2019 if the House of Commons...
27/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Temporary Tariff Regime for a no deal Brexit
On 13th March 2019 the UK Government published its schedule of tariffs for imports, which is designed to come into force on "exit day" (...
22/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
The Attorney General's Legal Opinion dated 12th March 2019 on the legal effect of the latest batch of Mrs May's draft Brexit Withdrawal...
20/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Attorney-General's latest Legal Opinion
Such is the febrile nature of the current "Brexit" debate that the Attorney-General's latest Legal Opinion issued on 12th March 2019...
14/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Northern Irish Backstop - Old wine in new bottles or a new vintage?
At 11.01pm UK time on 11th March 2019, the UK Department for Exiting the European Union published a whole set of new documents on its...
13/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the status of international agreements in the event of a "no deal"
On 6th March 2019, the UK Department for Exiting the European Union ( DEXIT) published a guidance update on the status of International...
08/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Financial Services - a helpful US contribution
On 25th January 2019, the Bank of England ( BoE), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (...
06/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and "Retained EU Law"
"Retained EU law" is a concept and a phrase, which was introduced by the European Union ( Withdrawal) Act 2018 ( the " EU ( Withdrawal)...
01/03/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and focussing (a little bit!) on a "Yes Deal" scenario
There has been a lot of focus in the UK recently on putting in place the necessary legislation to deal with a "No Deal" Brexit...
28/02/19
Joanne Moseley
No deal Brexit: Five things for business travellers to consider
We are less than a month away from Brexit. The UK will leave the EU at 11pm UK time on 29 March 2019 by automatic operation of law unless...
28/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a Report by the UK Government on the Implications for Business and Trade of a "No Deal" Exit on 29th March 2019
On 26th February 2019, the UK Cabinet Office published a 12 - page report on the current state of play in preparing for a "No Deal" exit...
27/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the Swiss-UK dimension
It may be the bleak mid- winter of Brexit's discontent right now but just like the Spring-like sunshine which is currently wafting over...
26/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and its impact on Accounting and Corporate Reporting and the appointment of Auditors
On 21st February 2019 BEIS (the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy) and the Financial Reporting Council jointly issued...
25/02/19
Elizabeth Thomson
A bitter pill to swallow? How Brexit frustrated the European Medicines Agency
Lisa Stratford, Senior Associate Solicitor The High Court ruled this week that Brexit does not frustrate the European Medicines Agency’s...
22/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and Company Law
On 14 February 2019 , UK Companies House issued two new guidance notes , whose titles speak for themselves - firstly , "Changing your...
15/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and cross-border business operations
Amongst the UK Government's myriad "no deal" technical notices is the one dated 12 October 2018 and entitled : "Structuring your business...
12/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and the food and drink sector
On 8th February 2019 , Steven Cullinane , the CEO of Kellogg's , the giant US cereals company, was reported as telling the media that...
12/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and a "progress" report
At the end of January 2019, the Institute for Government, a highly-regarded independent think tank, published a Report entitled "Brexit...
07/02/19
Joanne Moseley
Brexit: Government publishes "no deal" advice to schools and colleges
We are 52 days away from Brexit. The UK will leave the EU at 11pm on 29 March 2019 by automatic operation of law unless something else...
05/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
IBrexit and future tariffs affecting UK - EU cross-border trade
The Taxation (Cross-Border Trade) Act 2018 ("the Act"), which was enacted in the UK on 13th September 2018, sets out a legislative ...
01/02/19
Irwin Mitchell
Brexit and State Aid
The voluminous draft State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ("the State Aid Regulations"), running to some 77 pages, were published...
30/01/19