Judgments of the commercial court, which sits in the Rolls Building, may not be recognised in the EU after Brexit NICK ANSELL/PAMinisters are pressing for the UK to join two conventions that will retain the recognition of English commercial court rulings across the EU after Brexit, the lord chancellor confirmed yesterday. The UK “remains committed” to co-operation on civil and commercial matters with the remaining members states after it leaves the EU, David Gauke told City of London legal and business leaders. He told the annual meeting of the legal branch of the CityUK, a group that lobbies for the Square Mile, that ministers wanted the UK to join in its own right the Hague convention on choice of court agreements and the Lugano convention on recognition and enforcement of foreign court judgments. Mr Gauke, a former City solicitor, praised the Square Mile legal profession for…

Source: The Times November 29, 2018 22:30 UTC