To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the UK remains competitive as a provider of international commercial law services following Brexit.
Answered on
29 January 2018
The UK is a world leading centre for legal services. To reflect this, we launched our international ‘Legal Services are GREAT’ campaign overseas last year. This campaign showcases the expertise of our legal services, the integrity and experience of our judiciary and the benefits of using English Common Law to a global audience that will help us build stronger links with both emerging and established markets.
We intend to provide continuity and certainty for businesses, families and individuals by seeking continued civil judicial cooperation between the EU and UK. Such cooperation underpins the resolution of international commercial disputes. In publishing our position on future civil judicial cooperation in August 2017, we made clear our desire to continue this cooperation.