UK-EU Relations Law

04/08/202501/08/2025

Enforcement of asymmetric jurisdiction agreements: uncertainty resolved by the entry into force of the 2019 Hague Convention?

In this blog post, Kristina Lukacova considers to what extent the entry into force in the UK of the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (the “2019 Hague Convention”) on 1 July 2025 has resolved uncertainty as to the enforcement of asymmetric jurisdiction agreements.

25/07/202525/07/2025

Food for thought: The Commission’s UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiating mandate

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.

23/07/202523/07/2025

Charting a course for rights in the TCA

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.

21/07/202521/07/2025

Assimilated law update – summer 2025

On 17 July 2025, the UK government published the latest “Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report” (“Report”) and “Assimilated Law dashboard” for the period December 2024 to June 2025. The publications fulfil the statutory duties under section 17 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“2023 Act”) to publish frequent updates. In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers provides a brief overview of the Report and dashboard amendments.

19/05/202516/05/2025

The first UK-EU Arbitration Ruling under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement: the sandeel fishing ban

In this blog post, Professor Panos Koutrakos discusses the first UK-EU arbitration ruling under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.