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U.K. Lawyers Both Disappointed, and Delighted With Post-Brexit Access
The last-minute Brexit deal gave some guarantees that U.K. lawyers will still be able to practice in Europe and maintained some cooperation on law enforcement issues. While Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in an interview with the Telegraph that the agreement “perhaps does not go as far as we would like” for some financial services, he lauded the “access for solicitors, barristers.” The Christmas Eve accord left lawyers expressing both “delight and disappointment,” the Law Society of England and Wales said in a statement. Most of the pleasure stems from the fact that the pact avoids the uncertainty that ... (full story)