Tag: European Economic Area (EEA)
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Stephanie Reynolds: Playing Politics So the UKSC Doesn’t Have To: The CJEU Ruling in Case C-709/20 CG v Department for Communities in Northern Ireland
In its recent CG judgment, the EU’s Court of Justice held that it was lawful for Universal Credit Regulations to stipulate that EU citizens do not, by virtue of pre-settled status, have a ‘right to reside’ in the UK for the purposes of accessing Universal Credit. Since the right to reside test is an eligibility…
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Michael-James Clifton: Parliament’s Role in Withdrawing from the EEA, and Difficulties in Ratifying the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement
Introduction The importance and role of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement has often been overlooked. Yet, as the UK exits the European Union, the question of the UK’s desired relationship with not only the EU27 but also the EEA30 has never been more live. In a previous blog post I argued that the UK…
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Michael-James Clifton: The UK’s Creative Ambiguity towards the EEA: Immediate and Future Relationship Problems
Introduction The importance and role of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement has often been overlooked. Yet, as the UK exits the European Union, the question of the UK’s desired relationship with not only the EU27 but also the EEA30 has never been more live. This blog post contends that the UK has not given…
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Philip Allott: UK/EU Withdrawal Agreement: A Legal Speculation
Without any inside information, and with only the small amount of information publicly available, the following is a personal speculation about the legal context of the UK/EU agreement that is currently being negotiated. (Disclaimer: This is the most complicated legal situation that I have come across in sixty years of professional involvement with the law.…
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Joe Tomlinson: UK Quo Vadis? The EEA as a Workable Framework
On 3 February 2017, the University of Sheffield School of Law—in co-operation with the UK Constitutional Law Association and the European Circuit of the Bar—hosted a seminar. The keynote speaker was Michael-James Clifton, a barrister and now Chef de Cabinet in the Chambers of the President of the EFTA Court, Professor Carl Baudenbacher. The EFTA…
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Alex Schwartz: Mitigating the Hazards of Brexit: The EEA Option for Northern Ireland
Readers of this blog will probably be interested in a new policy paper authored by a group of (mostly) Queen’s University Belfast academics, arguing for an ‘EEA Option’ to accommodate the circumstances of Northern Ireland in a post-Brexit United Kingdom. This is the first and only such proposal that conforms to the parameters recently outlined in…
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Event: UK Quo Vadis? The EEA as a Workable Framework
You are cordially invited to the following event: UK Quo Vadis? The EEA as a Workable Framework Time/Date: 4:30pm-6pm, 3 February 2017 Location: Moot Court Room, School of Law, University of Sheffield Speaker: Michael-James Clifton, Chef de Cabinet, Chambers of President Baudenbacher, EFTA Court Chair: Professor Robert Burrell, Head of School and Professor of Law,…
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Ana Bobic and Josephine van Zeben: Negotiating Brexit: Can the UK Have Its Cake and Eat It?
The decision taken by the people of United Kingdom to end its membership of the European Union has left the UK’s governing elites shocked and disoriented. The days after the ‘Leave’ vote have made it clear that there was no ‘exit’ strategy and it remains entirely uncertain what the future relationship between the UK and…