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Clifford Chance

Clifford Chance

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Brexit, English law and the English courts: Where are we now?

16 August 2018

Brexit brings many uncertainties that have yet to be resolved. However, the English law used in transactions is not one of them; it will remain the same after Brexit as it was before because the EU, for all its law-making, has had minimal impact on transactional law. Similarly, the procedure, judges and practitioners in the English courts will not change as a result of Brexit. The main way in which Brexit might affect the English courts is the ease of enforceability of an English judgment in the EU, or vice versa, but that will only matter if enforcement in the EU is important and no satisfactory mitigants are available.

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