Public International Law Notes

UK announces withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty

On 22 February 2024, the UK Government announced that the UK will withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). The withdrawal will take effect one year …

The European Commission proposes withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty

On 7 July 2023, the European Commission formally proposed a coordinated European Union withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), one of the …

THE VIEW FROM BRUSSELS: THE NORTHERN IRELAND PROTOCOL BILL EU – UK TENSIONS GROW

SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE: THE INTERNATIONAL LAW IMPLICATIONS

AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF INTRA-EU BITS ENTERS INTO FORCE

23 EU MEMBER STATES SIGN AN AGREEMENT FOR THE TERMINATION OF INTRA-EU BITS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION INITIATES INFRINGEMENT ACTION AGAINST NON-SIGNATORIES UK AND FINLAND

UK SUPREME COURT LIFTS STAY OF ENFORCEMENT OF ICSID AWARD AGAINST ROMANIA

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES EU-VIETNAM TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS

European Commission issues procedural proposals for the Investment Court System envisaged under CETA

In October 2019, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented four proposals (the "Proposals") to the Council of the European Union (the …

CJEU CONFIRMS THAT CETA DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISION IS COMPATIBLE WITH EU LAW

Advocate General finds that CETA's "Investment Court System" is compatible with EU law

CJEU upholds opinion of Advocate General and rules that UK can unilaterally cancel Brexit by revoking Article 50

In a landmark decision delivered on an accelerated timetable, the Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") has ruled that a Member State can …