Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexThe EU has now adopted its negotiation mandate for future relationship talks with the UK (discussed here). The UK has now done the

same. Lots of commentators have looked in detail at the two sides’ approach to the future relationship on economic issues: this blog post aims to do the same on [...]

Prof. Dr. Thomas Giegerich wird am Mittwoch, 6. Mai 2020, im Rahmen der Kinder Uni der Universität des Saarlandes eine Vorlesung zu dem Thema „Was sind die Kinderrechte

und was haben Kinder davon?“ halten. In seiner Vorlesung wird er mit seinen Zuhörern diskutieren, welche Rechte Kinder nach der UN Kinderrechtskonvention haben [...]

Professor Steve Peers, University of Essex**Thanks to Georgina Wright, of the Institute for Government, for a 'track changes' version of the negotiation mandate. The usual

disclaimer applies.This week the process of negotiating the future relationship between the UK and the EU took another step. [...]

Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexToday’s papers bring another storythat the UK might be planning to breach the Brexit withdrawal agreement – including the report

that the new Attorney-General Suella Braverman is poised to attempt to justify this legally. [...]

Martin Kretschmer, Professor of Intellectual Property Law (CREATe Centre, University of Glasgow)Here we have it. The first instance of regulatory divergence. The UK is leaving

the European Union, and already the rules of the single market are starting to break.In response to a parliamentary question by Labour MP Jo Stevens, then-Intellectual [...]

Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexWhat are the legal consequences of leaving the EU for the UK? Those consequences are manifold, but some of the key aspects are set

out in the Withdrawal Agreement Act (the ‘new Act’), which Parliament passed in January. [...]

Professor Steve Peers, University of EssexLast week the process of negotiating the future relationship between the UK and the EU formally began. On the EU side, the Commission

published the proposed negotiation mandate (an annex to a decision) for the future EU/UK relationship. [...]

René Repasi, Associate Professor of EU Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam, NetherlandsAfter the elections in the UK and the clear majority of the Conservative Party under

Prime Minister Boris Johnson in UK House of Commons the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) concerning the UK’s exit from the EU was promptly ratified, with the UK leaving [...]

Christina Backes und Julia Jungfleisch beschäftigen sich in unserem aktuellen Saar Brief mit der Gleichbehandlungspflicht privater Vereine. Der Beitrag ist hier abrufbar.

Niels Kirst, PhD candidate, Dublin City UniversityIntroductionOn the 3rd of December 2019, the European Court of Justice (hereafter ‘the Court’ or ‘CJEU’) gave its

final verdict on the so-called Czech firearms case. In this detailed judgment which gives guidance on the law-making in the European Union (hereafter ‘the EU’), [...]