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Lord Chief Justice issues reassurance over London's DR status post-Brexit

26 April 2017
Issue: 7743 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU
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The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, has sought to reassure lawyers in China that Brexit will have no effect on the strength of London as a centre for commercial dispute resolution. In a speech to the National Judges College, Beijing, this month, Lord Thomas said some people thought Brexit might make the law of the UK ‘uncertain’ or affect London’s status as a global dispute resolution centre. Such views, however, were ‘all quite wrong’ since Brexit would have no effect on the use of English contract law.

Issue: 7743 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU
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