On 29 March 2017, the UK Government served formal notice under Article 50 of The Treaty on European Union to terminate the UK's membership of the EU (following the June 2016 UK referendum on EU membership).

The UK and EU negotiating teams settled a revised version of the draft UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement in October 2019, after the UK Parliament had rejected the previous version of the Withdrawal Agreement of November ...

Katharine Stephens reports on the Exhaustion of IP rights if there is a no-deal Brexit and Emma Green delves into what rights owners should consider in relation to customs enforcement in order to be ready to take ...

Parties negotiating and re-negotiating international contracts should continue to use English governing law and exclusive English jurisdiction clauses in those contracts after Brexit if suitable for their ...

The export of certain categories of software, and particularly encryption software, is controlled by export control regulations in the UK and the EU.

Although the likelihood of the UK exiting the EU without a deal on 31 October 2019 has diminished due to the passage of a law aimed at blocking a no-deal exit, UK employers should remain cautious and be ready for ...

So what are the data protection and cybersecurity law consequences for the UK should the UK leave the EU without an exit agreement – a no deal Brexit?

The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the Prime Minister's decision and advice to Her Majesty the Queen on the prorogation of Parliament were unlawful and invalid, and that Parliament has (in legal terms) ...

The so-called anti-hard Brexit legislation, the European Union (Withdrawal) (No.2) Act 2019 (the 'Act'), received royal assent on 9 September 2019. The Act requires the Prime Minister to seek, on 19 October 2019, a ...

In our April 2018 newsletter, we shared the news that .eu domain names will no longer be available for UK residents and entities post-Brexit. Since then Brexit has been postponed twice, but the new date is ...