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A guide to future employment and immigration law.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has significant consequences for software providers which conduct sales of software to their customers through agents, both in the EU and the UK. It also highlights a wider debate around whether software should be treated as goods or services and why this matters.

At over 1200 pages, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) signed by the UK and EU in December 2020 does not make for an easy read. This guide breaks it down into the key topics of interest to business. Alongside our commentary on each topic, you will also find links to the relevant provisions of the TCA. As our own analysis of the deal progresses, we will be adding further commentary, so please check back in for updates.

We have recently updated our cross-practice area guide to the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which breaks it down into key topics of interest to business. Our commentary has been fully updated to reflect developments such as the EU's recent data adequacy ruling regarding the UK.

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

2021 has seen the UK Government and regulators engage in a blizzard of consultations and draft legislation, proposing reforms across a wide range of areas. The sheer volume makes it difficult for businesses to keep on top of changes that might affect them.

A guide to future employment and immigration law.

The UK Government argues that freeports will provide significant customs benefits for businesses - but not everyone agrees. In this briefing, part of a series on UK freeports, we look at the types of business that might benefit from freeport customs arrangements and whether the critics are right to be sceptical.

The UK Government has been keen to talk up the potential benefits from a planning perspective of being based in a freeport. But what exactly are these benefits and how significant could they be?

Although the UK Government has recently announced that certain border requirements are being postponed until the middle of next year, it is currently sticking to its plans to require full customs declarations on goods imported from the EU as of 1 January 2022. This change has the potential to disrupt UK supply chains.

Key employment and business immigration developments for employers.

Earlier this year, the Government announced plans for 10 new freeports in the UK. In this briefing, the first of a series on freeports, we explain what freeports are, where they will be located, and when they are expected to be up and running.

Originally published 12 March 2021