Professor Duncan Fairgrieve, Senior Fellow in Comparative Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and Professor of Comparative Law, Université Paris Dauphine PSL and Professor Gilles Cuniberti of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Luxembourg will present a debate at the end of the month organized by Global Justice Network (GJN). The focus of this debate is on the practical implications of Brexit and the current state of the law. Two positions will be defended during this debate: a pro-Brexit side on one side and a counter-Brexit side on the other.

The moderator of this debate will be Carlos Villacorta of BCV Lex (Madrid, Bordeaux), member of the GJIN committee.

The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union has economic, commercial, and of course legal consequences. Indeed, long negotiations between the United Kingdom and the European Union were necessary to reach a withdrawal agreement, to get out of all European regulations but also to find new agreements with this recent third country to the European Union

A member state of the European Union can withdraw from the Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The United Kingdom is the first country to activate this article, through a notification to the European Council on March 29, 2017. The date of the Brexit was postponed due to the difficulty of the negotiations, until the Brexit was finally realized on January 31, 2020, leading then to a transition period for the next eleven months: until January 1, 2021.

The negotiations and new agreements between the United Kingdom and the European Union (and its member states) are mostly resolved, yet changes are coming as the Brexit inevitably impacts the legal sector.

All members and non-members of the GJN are invited to this debate, we look forward to seeing you there.

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