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Brexit Competition Law Working Group

Website of the Brexit Competition Law Working Group a policy group whose members include academics and legal practitioners concerned with competition law. The stated aim of the group is to “foster public debate and inform government policy on implications of Brexit for competition law and policy”. The Group have produced a paper setting out the key immediate and longer term issues the government needs to consider in relation to Brexit and competition law and have organised a number of roundtable events.

Brexit Essentials: Navigating Unchartered Seas: A Practical Guide for Businesses

Online guide to the implications of the vote by Britain to leave the European Union. The briefing has been written by staff at law firm Slaughter and May and is aimed at their business clients. The guide looks at risk assessment and monitoring covering issues such as investment, cash flow, regulatory obligations and contracts. The guide also looks at the impact of Brexit across a number of practice areas including dispute resolution, tax, pensions, intellectual property, environment and data protection.

Brexit legal resources

A selection of online guides looking at the impact of the brexit vote on different areas of law in the UK. The guides have been written by lawyers at international law firm Eversheds and made freely available on the Eversheds website. Areas of law covered on the site include automotive, banking and finance, contracts, environmental, privacy, procurement, shipping, tax and trade law. Other briefings and articles on brexit and other legal topics can be accessed from this page.

Brexit: The Immediate Legal Consequences

Report on the legal effects of Brexit, published and made freely available online by the Constitution Society. The paper has been written by Richard Gordon QC a practising barrister specialising in
constitutional and administrative law and Rowena Moffatt a barrister practising in public law and human
rights law. The paper focuses on the constitutional consequences of a vote to leave the EU and on the consequences for EU citizenship rights. The Constitution Society is an independent foundation run by academic and practising lawyers.

Using the Prerogative for Major Constitutional Change: The United Kingdom Constitution and Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

Report on the UK constitution and Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union published and made freely available online by the Constitution Society. The paper has been written by Richard Gordon QC a practising barrister specialising in constitutional and administrative law and Dr. Andrew Blick who is Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History at King’s College London. The paper looks at the constitutional importance of leaving the EU and use of the prerogative to trigger Article 50. The Constitution Society is an independent foundation run by academic and practising lawyers.

Brexit and the Legal Sector

This page of the Law Society’s website provides information, advice and insight for solicitors concerning Britain’s decision to leave the EU following the 2016 referendum. There are press releases, news and information on relevant training materials. There is a briefing on Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) which sets out the process for a member state to withdraw from the EU and a report on the EU and the UK legal services sector.

Chambers Student

Online guide to becoming a lawyer produced by legal publisher Chambers & Partners and aimed at students. The site is free to access and provides profiles of law firms (based on trainee interviews) arranged by name, location or practice area. There is guidance on pursuing a career in law and the steps students need to go through to achieve this including vacation schemes, training contracts and the Legal Practice Course. The site gives an outline of the various practice areas along with tips on applications and interviews.

Service Prosecuting Authority

Official website of the Service Prosecuting Authority (SPA) the body formed following the merger of the Navy Prosecution Authority, Army Prosecuting Authority and Royal Air Force Prosecuting Authority in 2009. The role of the SPA is to prosecute appropriate cases at Court Martial or Service Civilian Court. The site provides background information on service law and the military criminal justice system. There is also biographical information on the Director of the SPA and recent press releases.

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