By Jemma Slingo2021-05-13T14:31:00+01:00
Arguments put forward by the European Commission to block the UK from joining a key international agreement have ‘no legal basis’, the lord chancellor said today, in a push for ‘pragmatic cooperation’ after Brexit.
Robert Buckland QC told a London International Disputes Week event that blocking the UK’s accession to the 2007 Lugano Convention will ‘harm our joint communities, particularly consumers, SMEs and financially vulnerable families’.
Last week, the commission issued a communication to the European Parliament and the European Council recommending that the UK be denied entry to the convention, which determines which country’s courts may hear cross-border disputes and which decisions can be enforced.
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Lord Chancellor’s speech London International Disputes Week
It’s a pleasure to join you for what I hope will be the last London International Dispute Week to take place completely virtually. I expect the hybrid model will become important for all of us.
I know just how important this event is becoming to the sector and I am sure that colleagues have benefitted hugely from the programme this year, including my colleague Lord Wolfson’s session with the Chair of the Bar Council and the President of the Law Society.
There is much we can learn from each other and I am very keen that we make the best use of these opportunities. Take, for instance, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts where the judiciary shares best practice with like-minded jurisdictions. You may have attended the panel earlier in the week presented by this forum, chaired by Lord Thomas and introduced by Mr Justice Robin Knowles, where the future of dispute resolution globally was discu
13 May 2021 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered)
Itâs a pleasure to join you for what I hope will be the last London International Dispute Week to take place completely virtually. I expect the hybrid model will become important for all of us.
I know just how important this event is becoming to the sector and I am sure that colleagues have benefitted hugely from the programme this year, including my colleague Lord Wolfsonâs session with the Chair of the Bar Council and the President of the Law Society.
There is much we can learn from each other and I am very keen that we make the best use of these opportunities. Take, for instance, the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts where the judiciary shares best practice with like-minded jurisdictions. You may have attended the panel earlier in the week presented by this forum, chaired by Lord Thomas and introduced by Mr Justice Robin Knowles, where the future of dispute resolution globally was disc