Litigation Notes

Jurisdiction and enforcement after Brexit transition – latest developments re UK's accession to Hague and Lugano Conventions

As noted in our previous blog post, where English legal proceedings are started before the Brexit transition period comes to an end, most likely on 31 …

Brexit under the Withdrawal Agreement: The implications for disputes

It now seems inevitable that the UK will leave the EU on 31 January 2020 at 11pm GMT under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement concluded between the UK …

A no-deal Brexit: The implications for disputes

46 countries sign the new Singapore Convention on mediated settlements

The Singapore Convention, more formally known as the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, was …

New Hague Judgments Convention: finally adopted but may be some years before impact is felt

On Tuesday, 2 July 2019, the Hague Conference on Private International Law finalised a new treaty on enforcement of judgments: the Convention on the …

EU guidance on no deal Brexit suggests increased risk Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements won't apply to exclusive English jurisdiction clauses agreed pre-Brexit

As we have previously noted, there is some uncertainty over whether, following a no deal Brexit, EU27 countries will apply the 2005 Hague Convention on …

UK suspends accession to Hague Choice of Court Convention

On Friday last week (29 March 2019), the depositary for the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements issued a notice communicating that the …

New decision tree on enforcement of English judgments in the EU27 post-Brexit

Amidst the ongoing uncertainties in relation to both the nature and timing of Brexit, we have published a new decision tree on enforcement of English …

Draft Civil Procedure Rule changes in the event of a no deal Brexit

The government has published a draft statutory instrument, the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which makes amendments …

Application of the Brussels regime post-Brexit

The government has published a draft statutory instrument addressing, among other things, the question of how the UK courts will, post-Brexit, treat …

UK deposits instrument of accession to Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements

On 28 December 2018, the UK deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005. The Convention will …

Brexit, deal or no deal: a litigator's perspective

Over the past couple of weeks, the government has published the final text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement setting out the arrangements for …