Developing the UK-EU Relationship: TCA Review and Beyond

Conference Details

According to Art. 776 of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) concluded between the UK and the EU, the implementation of the Agreement is to be reviewed every five years, with the first review likely to take place in 2026.

The international conference convened by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) and the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI), University of Leicester, brings together academics and policymakers and other practitioners, as well as EU and UK perspectives, in discussing the likelihood and potential scope of any revisions. Four distinguished panels over two half-days will engage in discussions on selected areas for amendment or expansion of the cooperation, such as trade in goods and services, mobility, social security coordination, cooperation in civil and criminal matters, and cooperation in security and defence matters

This conference is part of the BIICL annual trade law series "BIICL WTO Conference"

Event convened by Dr.Julinda Beqiraj, Maurice Wohl Senior Fellow in European Law, BIICL and Prof. Katja Ziegler, Sir Robert Jennings Professor of International Law and Co-Director of the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI)

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Programme

Thursday, 21st November 2024 

13.30-14.00  - Registration 

14.00-14.10 - Welcome and Introduction

• Prof. Katja Ziegler,  Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI), University of Leicester
• Dr. Julinda Beqiraj, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, BIICL 

14.10-14.30 - Opening Keynote Address

Prof. Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge
Brexit: Where Next?

14.30-16.00 - Panel 1: Mobility Policy Issues

Chair: Christopher Vajda KC, Monckton Chambers, and former CJEU Judge

• Adrian Berry, Garden Court Chambers
• Lisa Claire Whitten, Queens University Belfast
• Prof. Elspeth Guild, University of Liverpool

 
16.30-18.00 - Panel 2: Social Security Issues

Chair: Prof. Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge

• Dr. Oxana Golynker, Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI), University of Leicester
  
• Tom de la Mare KC, Blackstone Chambers
• Dr. Simon Roberts, University of Nottingham
  
  

Friday, 22 November 2024

08.30-09.00 - Registration

09.00-10.30 - Panel 3: Trade Policy Issues

Chair: Dr. Joelle Grogan, Head of Research, UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE)

• Prof. Lorand Bartels MBE, University of Cambridge; Counsel, Freshfields LLP
• Dr. Anna Jerzewska, Chief Content Officer, CustomsClear
  
• Joanna Redelbach, Counsel, Van Bael&Bellis
  
• John Clarke, former Head of EU delegations to the WTO and UN

11.00-12.30 - Panel 4: Security Policy Issues

Chair: Prof. Roman Petrov, BIICL

• Jannike Wachowiak, UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE)
• Prof. Valsamis Mitsilegas, University of Liverpool
• Dr. Oliver Garner, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, BIICL
• Dr. Andi Hoxhaj OBE, King's College London.

12.30-13.00 - Closing Keynote Address

Prof. Takis Tridimas, Luxembourg Centre for European Law Director and barrister, Matrix Chambers 
The Dust that Fails to Settle: UK - EU Relations after Brexit

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