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NLJ this week: Post-Brexit, approach with caution

23 April 2021
Issue: 7929 / Categories: Legal News , Brexit , EU , Legal services , Profession
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We should take a ‘softly, softly’ approach to the post-Brexit world, David Greene, senior partner at Edwin Coe, advises in his NLJ column this week.

Negotiating rights of practise is happening but is ‘a delicate process to be taken carefully’, Greene says.  The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) is yet to be ratified―it has provisional application until the end of this month―and concerns have been raised over events relating to the Northern Ireland border, the UK’s alleged breach of the Withdrawal Agreement and a recent decision on EU competence by the German Constitutional Court.

Greene covers the uncertainty surrounding the Lugano Convention and identifies possible common law solutions, as well as suggesting some further reading. 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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