Brexit Implications for Litigation

As it is now certain that the UK will leave the EU on Friday, 31 January 2020, on the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, we take a closer look at what this will mean for commercial litigation, particularly during the transition period. In headline summary, civil judicial co-operation will remain largely unchanged during the transition period to the end of 2020. There will then be a “run-off” period during which pre-Brexit arrangements will apply to some situations but not others. The regime that will overlap with, and over time take over from, this run-off period is not yet known.