Brexit

Scotland's ban on industrial sandeel fishing does not breach the UK's obligations under the Brexit deal, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has ruled. The European Union brought a legal challenge to the simultaneous closure of Scottish and English waters to sandeel fishing, claiming that it br

Technical discussions have concluded on an agreement which will allow for closer co-operation between the UK and EU's competition authorities. The proposed agreement will be a 'supplementing agreement' to the post-Brexit EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which explicitly foresaw the possi

Businesses in Scotland are experiencing “significant challenges” in exporting goods to the EU as a result of considerable non-tariff barriers which have arisen due to the post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship, according to a new report by Holyrood's Constitution, Europe, External Affair

A Holyrood committee is recommending the establishment of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the UK and devolved governments following an inquiry into the changes in devolution post-Brexit. The Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee found that devolution has change

Women will continue to have the right to equal pay with men even after an EU protection expires at the end of the year, the UK government has confirmed. The law, designed to assist workers whose jobs have been outsourced, was removed in a post-Brexit elimination of EU laws. However, the governm

New research which will allow Scottish Parliament committees to keep up to date with EU legislative policy developments has been commissioned by Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. Following Brexit, the Scottish government committed to ‘keeping pace&r

A webinar series on the EU Settlement Scheme will be held next month. The series, for legal practitioners and other interested professionals, consists of three online sessions covering different aspects of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), an immigration regime introduced by the Home Office in M

Deep and wide-ranging concerns have been expressed about a UK bill which will create a ‘legal cliff edge’. These concerns are contained in a new report by the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. The report follows the committee’

Judges in Scotland number alongside more than 11,000 south of the border who will lose pension benefits worth £3.5 billion at the end of this year if the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill passes. The bill, due to be scrutinised in the Lords next week, will revoke almost all law deri

The UK’s exit from the EU has plunged Ireland’s all-island energy market into a democratic deficit with decisions on Northern Ireland’s energy supply no longer in the hands of its citizens and government, new research has shown. The cross-border Single Electricity Market (SEM) was

Migrant care home and agricultural workers will co-create new research to analyse the impact of new visa rules introduced following Brexit. The research aims to show more about living and working conditions of those who arrive in Britain to work on farms and with the elderly.

The Brussels office of the UK's law societies will close in November. Opened in 1991, the office represents the profession to the EU and monitors legislative developments in the bloc.

The Scottish government's Stay in Scotland campaign has been relaunched with updated resources to help European Union (EU) citizens living in Scotland access and prove their immigration status online using the UK government’s ‘view and prove’ service. The Scottish government said i

A series of three briefing papers on the Scottish Parliament’s consideration of proposals to amend retained EU law in devolved areas is now available. The papers have been written by Dr Robert Brett Taylor and Professor Adelyn L M Wilson of the University of Aberdeen as part of a Scottish Parl

The UK is set to depart from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in a move with implications for post-Brexit data transfers between the UK and the European Union. Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden yesterday announced plans to "[reform] our own data laws so that they're based on common sense,