The New Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union

Brexit has reshuffled the cards of the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union. It is a one in a lifetime event, which ended nearly 50 years of EU Membership. EU law as such no longer applies in the United Kingdom and British citizens and companies no longer benefit from its advantages. Part of the previous regime has however been maintained (at times with amendments) through the series of treaties negotiated between the UK and the EU in 2019 and 2020, in particular the Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 2020, to which the 2023 Windsor Agreement can be added. The end result is a legal regime which is perhaps even more complex than EU law itself. This book aims to provide the reader with a clarification of this legal regime as well as provide context to it and suggestions to improve it. All key topics are covered, such as citizens of the EU in the UK and British citizens in the EU, trade in goods and in services, criminal justice, public procurement, Northern Ireland, the UK overseas territories, the dispute settlement, security and defence, international trade agreements of the UK post-Brexit, environmental protection, European civil justice, financial services, education and research, and the European offices of the UK local authorities and devolved administrations after Brexit. All the chapters follow, wherever possible, the same triadic structure. The first part looks at the regime prior to Brexit; the second part analyses the current regime; and the third part discusses ongoing and predictable trends. The concluding chapter attempts to identify some themes likely to impact on the forthcoming preparation of the 2026 review.

Table of Contents:
Introduction.- Part I - The Background to the New Relationship between the UK and the EU.- A historical perspective of the UK in Europe.- The impact of Brexit on UK constitutional law and politics.- Human and fundamental rights (incl. general principles of EU law).- Part II - The New Relationship as shaped by the 2019 and 2020 Agreements.- Citizens of the EU in the UK and British Citizens in the EU.- Trade in goods.- The future regulatory framework for commercial transactions in the UK and EU post Brexit: challenges and opportunities.- Criminal justice, police and counterterrorism cooperation.- Public procurement.- Northern Ireland.- The UK overseas territories: Gibraltar, Jersey and Guernsey.- Institutional framework, monitoring process and dispute settlement.- Part III - A New Relationship to forge.- Collaboration in the field of security and defence.- The international trade agreements of the UK post-Brexit.- The cooperation in the field of environmental protection.- European civil justice.- Financial Services.- Cooperation in education and research: the changing UK-EU relationship.- The European offices of the UK local authorities and devolved administrations after Brexit.- Conclusion.

About the Author :
Dr. Emmanuel Guinchard is Principal Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, where he leads the Academic LLMs and PhD programmes. His teaching and research focus on Private International Law, European Union law, World Trade Organization law and Competition Law. He has published widely in the field of European Civil Justice. His publications include the edited books “Le nouveau règlement Bruxelles I bis” (Bruylant, 2014) and “Rome I and Rome II in practice” (Intersentia, 2020). Prof. Carlo Panara is Professor of Comparative Public Law at Liverpool John Moores University, and the co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Public Law Review (Kluwer). He is the Director of LJMU Law School . He is widely published in the fields of European and Comparative Law. His publications include the monograph “The Sub-national Dimension of the EU: A Legal Study of Multilevel Governance” (Springer, 2015) and the edited books “The Role of the Regions in EU Governance” (Springer, 2011, with Alexander De Becker) and “Local Government in Europe” (Routledge, 2013, with Michael Varney). Carlo Panara is a Barrister-at-Law (unregistered), The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London.