Ireland joins race to be EU's post-Brexit legal hub
Financial, professional services experts concerned Brexit will erode UK’s reputation as global 'jurisdiction of choice' for international law
arthur beesley and barney thompson
12.01.2018
Dublin is joining the race to establish a new European hub for international commercial law if a 'hard Brexit' undermines the status of Britain’s courts and English law in the eyes of international business.
The initiative by the Bar of Ireland, the professional body for barristers, follows moves to set up English-language courts in Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands as they seek to capture some of the valuable and prestigious legal work from which the UK has long profited.