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20 August 2017

Financial Times: Davis proposes post-Brexit dispute mechanism on EU relations


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David Davis, Brexit secretary, will examine the precedent set by the European Free Trade Association court, which deals with Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in their relations with the EU single market.


A government source on Sunday night said Mr Davis would not this week propose a new court or tribunal to resolve UK-EU disputes, but the option had not been excluded.

Mr Davis’s Brexit paper on “enforcement and dispute resolution” is a key moment as Britain sets out options for the first time on the judicial regime it wants for its proposed “deep” future UK-EU relationship, including trade, security and citizens’ rights.

Mr Davis hopes that by setting out more details of his Brexit goals he can persuade the EU to move on to the second phase of exit negotiations — discussions on the future relationship — in the autumn.

His options paper will examine the precedent set by the Efta court, which is independent of the EU but has been accused by critics of acting as a rubber stamp for decisions by the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice. [...]

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