by Lawyers - In For Britain
Summary A number of trade agreements currently binding on the UK have been concluded by the EU alone. Following Brexit, these would all cease to apply to the UK and would have to be renegotiated. Other trade agreements are part of broader mixed treaties to which the...
by Lawyers - In For Britain
Lawyers IN for Britain has prepared a set of short briefings on some of the main legal issues raised in the referendum. They are available here as individual webpages, and as individually downloadable PDF files. Brexit and International Trade Treaties (web) Lawyers IN...
by Lawyers - In For Britain
The substantive scope of the rights conferred by the WTO is significantly narrower that the rules of the single market – in particular, the rules of the WTO do not establish either a customs union or the fundamental freedoms and protections against discrimination on...
by Lawyers - In For Britain
The free movement of persons, including visa-free travel within the European Communities, was established by 1964, long before the UK joined the European Communities. The UK has never joined the Schengen Agreement providing for passport-free travel between its...
by Lawyers - In For Britain
The protection of fundamental rights as a general principle of EU law was established long before the UK joined the European Communities. The ECHR was recognised as a source of such rights both in the case law of the ECJ and in the Treaty on European Union agreed at...
