A guide to future employment and immigration law.

Our regular round-up of recent and forthcoming developments in law and practice for in-house counsel.

In the sixth episode of the series, Associate Emma Riggs looks at the impact of Brexit on dispute resolution. 

The High Court has recently rejected an attempt by British Sugar to challenge aspects of the UK's post-Brexit sugar tariffs on the basis that they amounted to an illegal subsidy to its competitor, Tate & Lyle. In this briefing, we look at the wider implications of the ruling for the UK's post-Brexit state aid and tariff regimes.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

In the fifth episode of the series, Knowledge Counsel Jonathan Rush looks at the impact of Brexit on UK law. 

In the fourth episode of the series, Senior Associate Richard Offord talks about the impact of Brexit on goods, following the UK's departure from the Single Market and Customs Union.

In the third episode of the series, Senior Associate and Business Immigration Law Specialist Moji Oyediran takes a look at the changes to business travel now that free movement rules no longer apply between the UK and EU. 

In the second episode of the series, Knowledge Counsel Jonathan Rush provides an overview of the UK post-Brexit trade agreements and considers what they mean for UK businesses.

The UK Government has announced plans for a "Brexit Freedoms" Bill which would make it easier to change retained EU law. It is also considering a series of other measures with implications for retained EU law. 

The UK's departure from the European Union has not led to all EU-derived law being jettisoned; on the contrary, a significant proportion of it has been kept and the UK now has a new category of "retained EU law". This briefing explains what retained EU law is and why it's important.

Video series

In this video series, we will be taking a look at where we are in the Brexit process, one year on from the end of the transition period and the UK's effective exit from the European Union.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

The Alpha and Omega of Regulation (via Omicron)?

Having said goodbye to another year of headlines dominated by COVID-19, with a Christmas and New Year overshadowed by a mixture of good and bad news about Omicron, it's not yet clear what degree of optimism about the year ahead is justified. At the very least, it is to be hoped that the World Health Organisation will not find it has to exhaust the Greek alphabet in naming any future new variants of concern.

A guide to future employment and immigration law.

Following Brexit, the UK Government is keen to boost trade with countries outside the EU. Our interactive maps show the extent of the UK's global network of free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties.

There is significant disagreement between the UK and the EU over the Northern Ireland protocol, with much speculation that the UK will shortly seek to introduce "safeguard measures". Meanwhile, it has been suggested that the EU could respond to such a move by terminating the UK-EU Brexit trade deal (or at least threatening to do so). We explain below why the EU may be considering what some might see as a "nuclear" option – but as we also point out, even if the UK and the EU manage to settle their differences, changes scheduled for 1 January 2022 mean that there is a risk of trade disruption in any event over the coming months.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

We recently ran a webinar on everything to do with freeports, featuring Stephen Carr, Commercial Director of Peel Ports, Liverpool, where one of the new freeports will be based.