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Lawyers this week warned both British and EU families could be harmed if Brussels blocks the UK from joining the 2007 Lugano Convention. Some EU officials have revealed blocking the UK is a way to punish Britain and draw international litigation to European courts. Amid the EU’s plot to punish the UK, Express.co.uk readers reacted with fury over yet another demand from Brussels.
Commenting on the story, one Express.co.uk reader said: “Why compromise?
“Just because the Brussels Bandits say so? A few unelected cronies say so in a building in Brussels!
“Another dictatorship trying to rule the world grow up people!
A second said: “Perhaps they want to talk about how they can steal our fish at the conference.”
A third said: “That’s how the EU designed things to be.
“A succession of traps from which they tried to ensure no one could escape from.”
The Lugano Convention is an international agreement establishing which country’s courts may hear cross-border disputes and which decisions can be enforced.
The EU agreed the convention on behalf of its members while Iceland, Norway and Switzerland also joined.
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As the UK is now classed as a third country by the EU, the Commission recommended blocking its request to join the convention.
The Commission said: “The UK is a third country without a special link to the internal market.
“Therefore, there is no reason for the European Union to depart from its general approach in relation to the UK.”
The UK’s accession must have the agreement of all the signatories to the convention.
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If the UK is blocked from joining the convention, UK lawyers have warned it will have complications for divorce settlements and child maintenance awards.
Richard Kelsey, president of the European chapter of the International Academy of Family Lawyers urged the Commission to change its position.
He stated not doing so would have serious consequences for families which straddle both sides of the Channel.
He told the Financial Times: “A year ago, we could say with total confidence and clarity ‘this court has jurisdiction, this is how long a case will take, and this is the cost ballpark’ — but now that is no longer the case,” she said.
“We need to put politics aside and recognise that there are millions of EU and UK citizens who are going to be prejudiced if we don’t end up with a better set of harmonised rules.”
Josep Gálvez, a former Spanish judge added: “It is a way to punish the UK for leaving the EU, but also a very good opportunity for some EU jurisdictions to attract international litigation to their courts.”
Earlier this year, Robert Buckland Justice Secretary, claimed the Commission’s stance had no basis.
He added the UK meets all the requirements to accede to the convention.
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