Examining the new legal relationship between the UK and EU
On 15 April 2026, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office published the UK–EU Agreement regarding Cooperation on the Application of their Respective Competition Laws (the “Competition Agreement”). This post by Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers summarises the Agreement’s background and key provisions, and explains how it is implemented in UK domestic law.
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This is the fourth in a series of blogposts on CJEU decisions concerning the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement by Luke Kelly and Charlotte McLean of Monckton Chambers. In this post, they provide an overview of a selection of the Court’s decisions which address procedural issues arising from the Withdrawal Agreement.
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In this post, John Bell, LLM (Queen Mary University of London), former Schuman Trainee at the European Parliament, discusses the European Commission’s negotiating mandate for a UK-EU common sanitary and phytosanitary (“SPS”) area published on 16 July 2025 (“UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiating mandate”) and its significance for UK-EU relations law.
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In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses Advocate General Biondi’s recent Opinion in C-413/24 Vlaams Gewest v P&O Ferries EU:C:2025:490in which the Advocate General opines on whether the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”) is capable of direct effect and whether it incorporates EU obligations upon which P&O can rely post Brexit.
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In this blog post, Professor Panos Koutrakos discusses the first UK-EU arbitration ruling under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
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