• Bristol City Region Brexit Assembly
27 September 2018: Professor Phil Syrpis participated in a breakfast panel event as part of the Bristol City Region Brexit Assembly. The Law School is an official partner of the Bristol City Region Brexit Assembly, a 12 month-long series of events and debates that are focused on the impact of Brexit on businesses in the Bristol region.
• Brexit: its Effects on Labour Law Nationally and Transnationally
4 October 2018: Professor Tonia Novitz gave a presentation on the consequences of Brexit at the Congressi Internacional on ‘Law Inegracion Social Euopea’ held at the Universidad Publica de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
• The EEA: Iceberg or Lifeboat?
14 November 2018: Professor Eirik Bjorge participated on a panel at the Centre for European Law, King's College London, together with Antoinette Sandbach MP and chaired by Professor Carl Baudenbacher, commenting on a talk given by Professor Mads Andenas. The lecture, entitled "The EEA: Iceberg or Lifeboat?", explored the prospects and utility of a Norway model for the UK after Brexit, and made the case that should the UK and EU envisage British EEA/EFTA membership, then Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland will agree to it.
• Fundamental Rights at Work
28 November 2018: Professor Tonia Novitz presented a paper entitled “‘The right to have rights’ – a reminder of what the EU offers regarding remedies and what is available otherwise” at an International Colloquium on Fundamental Rights at Work, held at the University of Aarhus, Denmark.
• BBC Newsnight Interview
30 November 2018: Dr Clair Gammage provided expertise on EU trade law in an interview with BBC Newsnight, commenting on negotiating new trade deals post-Brexit.
• Brexit is a treaty problem and Parliament may hold the key to solving it
13 December 2018: Professor Eirik Bjorge appeared in Parliament together with co-authors Arabella Lang (Library of the House of Commons) and Ewan Smith (Jesus College, Oxford) to give a presentation called 'Treaties and Brexit', as well as making a submission regarding treaty scrutiny to the House of Lords Constitution Committee, together with Jill Barrett (Queen Mary).
Blog Posts:
- “NHS procurement and Brexit: limited scope for no-deal preparations” by Dr Albert Sanchez-Graells
- “The Impact of Brexit on Regional Businesses” by Dr Clair Gammage and Dr Maria Garcia (University of Bath)
- “The people’s vote is not the answer to the Brexit riddle” by Professor Phil Syrpis
- “The Transition” by Professor Phil Syrpis, as part of “Brexit draft withdrawal agreement – experts react” in The Conversation.
- “Why Brexit will be bad for workers” by Professor Tonia Novitz
- “Why the Draft Agreement on the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU should satisfy neither Leavers nor Remainers” by Dr Clair Gammage and Professor Phil Syrpis
- “A call for the revocation of Article 50” by Professor Phil Syrpis (with a slightly shorter version on PolicyBristol Hub)
Coming up
• Bristol City Region Brexit Assembly
Professor Tonia Novitz will be participating on the panel of the second Bristol City Region Brexit Assembly, which will take place on 31 January 2019, 8 – 9.30 AM, in the Lady Hale Moot Court. The event’s focus will be Brexit: Business of people or The Post-Brexit Work Force (themes to be confirmed).