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In a recent article I attempt to assess the consequences of Brexit for English and European private law. More specifically, I am interested in how the level of legal innovation in private law will be...

The EU Law Discussion Group and the Institute of European and Comparative Law at Oxford have organised a symposium on ‘Brexit and the EU: Legal and Institutional Perspectives’. The event, which is...

Our recent paper, which forms part of the first phase of the New Special Study of the Securities Markets Project, explores how globalization has affected the operation of securities markets and the...

In a paper forthcoming in Public Law, I argue for a different understanding of the relationship between UK law and EU law than the one adopted by the Supreme Court in the Miller judgment. On the view...

To do well in financial services requires the right underpinnings to be in place. London has succeeded in getting the fundamentals right. Pragmatism in rulemaking, clarity in the law, predictability...

This post is the updated version of a contribution published on the Oxford Business Law Blog on 7 July 2016. Immediately after the EU referendum, a French commentator predicted that, after Brexit,...

To date, the response of the UK economy to the threat of Brexit has been quite benign. As this article is being written, there are gathering clouds in terms of consumer demand and industrial...

Although it could never attract as many tabloid headlines as other ‘negotiating Brexit’ issues, a successful resolution to questions about the future framework for recognition and enforcement of...

Introduction In this opinion piece, I argue that the Brexit negotiations need not be a zero or negative sum game, in which one side engages in claiming value to the detriment of the other. Instead,...

Brexit will have a direct impact on the United Kingdom’s ability to participate in the European Union’s external trade arrangements with third countries. This does not only include free trade...

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...