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.
This page on the Law Society’s website provides access to briefings and reports on the legal sector and the European Union. Reports look at the implications of leaving the EU for the legal profession including the impact on law firms and the economic effects on the legal sector relative to the rest of the UK.
The Aviation.EU website provides free access to aviation information from international, European and national legal sources. Details are given for international treaties and cases, European directives, regulations and cases and other documentation. Links to national legal materials are also given for a range of jurisdictions. The site is edited by legal academics at the University of Southampton and aimed at practitioners, students and researchers and anyone interested in aviation law.
Brexit is a project run by the University of Oxford, Faculty of Law focusing on the implications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. The site provides free access to full text papers of a seminar series organised jointly by Magdalen College and All Souls College which took place in October and November 2015. Topics covered include the mechanics of secession, free movement of persons, free movement of goods and services, agriculture and fisheries and the City of London.
The European Database of Asylum Law (EDAL) is maintained by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and provides access to case law from 19 EU Member States interpreting refugee and asylum law as well as cases from the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights. The database can be searched by keyword and filtered by date, country of applicate, country of decision or case type. Cases are provided as summaries with full text where available.
The Asylum Information Database (AIDA) is compiled by the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) and contains information on asylum issues in 20 countries (17 EU countries and 3 non-EU countries). There are country reports detailing asylum procedures, reception conditions and detention of asylum seekers in countries covered by the database. There are also comparative reports which analyse practice relating to the implementation of asylum standards in these countries and AIDA Legal Briefings which address key issues in EU asylum law and policy.
This section of the European Commission’s Justice website provides information on the EU’s work tackling discrimination on the grounds of racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation and sex. This is done through raising awareness, supporting other bodies to combat discrimination, providing training and development of equality policies. Links are given to EU documents and initiatives dealing with work in this area and to work by the European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination.
The European Air Law Association (EALA) is a membership body concerned with the study and development of air law in Europe. Members are drawn from academics, industry professionals (airlines, aerospace manufacturers etc.) and national and EU officials. EALA holds regular conferences and seminars focusing on issues relating to all aspects of the air transport sector. Information on events and details of committee members are provided on the site.
Blog by law lecturer, consultant and non-practising barrister Carl Gardner, who is based in London. Provides commentary on legal developments in their political and social context, mainly focusing on public, constitutional, human rights and European law.
The Odysseus Network conducts comparative academic research into the immigration and asylum law of the EU and its member states. It was set up with the financial support of the European Commission's Odysseus programme and is based at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. The website describes the work of the Network and provides the contents pages of its publications, or links to the full text. Information is also given about its summer schools, and all the Network’s annual reports are available in full. English and French versions of the site are available.
