When first posted this blog referred to Article 124(1) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement of March 2018. It has been adjusted to reflect the Article
Withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) will occur at an instant on 29 March 2019 and that moment divides the policy questions and processes entailed by
The UK is currently a member of the European Economic Area and is likely to be able to continue membership if it wishes. Its treaty rights under the EEA afford the UK a considerable degree of control over the post-Brexit outcome. Continued membership can be viewed as a ‘interim measure’ that would, in one step, meet most of the Leave agenda, whilst allowing time for reflection on longer-term issues.
Delivered as part of ‘Regulation and public interest ourcomes in energy and water: moving beyond compliance and towards a sustainable ‘licence to operate’ for a disrupted world”, Hertford Seminar in Regulation 2018
This is an extract from a submission to the Scottish Parliament made on 15 August 2016. One argument in circulation at the moment is that
This is another golden oldie, from the beginning of 2017, before Article 50 notification. It recommended a three-track approach to the Brexit process (a) not
This is an old piece from October 2016, posted on the second anniversary of the Brexit referendum. It stills seems relevant. The UK will formally
Markets have the following characteristics or elements: A. Like all social institutions they are shared sets of rules governing or guiding aspects of human conduct.
It has been repeatedly asserted in Brexit discourse that, if it remained a member of the European Economic Area, the UK would be a ‘rule-taker’,
Regulatory innovation tends to start with a new way of looking at a problem. In that spirit what follows is a bare-bones heuristic, not a