Oxford Business Law Blog

The United Kingdom and the European Union agreed on Christmas Eve a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement. This treaty has replaced the rules of the single market in the UK (with the exception of...

On 14 March 2017, the Oxford Business Law Blog ('OBLB') marked its first anniversary. One year ago, we set out to create a leading and truly international forum for the exchange of ideas and...

In the White Paper on Brexit, the policy paper which the United Kingdom government published at the start of February, it is made clear that the UK is seeking some form of ‘hard’ Brexit. There will...

If Brexit fails, it will do so because withdrawal happens suddenly and with no indication about the future arrangements that will replace membership in the EU. In this short note, I explain how this...

The withdrawal of the UK from the EU (or ‘Brexit’) as a result of the referendum of June 23 is certain to have profound implications for all aspects of the law of the United Kingdom. As soon as the...

The most recent primary legislation on the relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom is the European Union Act 2011. This Act, who some scholars called at the time an ‘unprecedented...