The Common Law Touch - The status of English law for international business post-Brexit

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The UK referendum result in June 2016, which saw the majority of the electorate vote to leave the European Union (EU), has presented many questions about the future legal implications of a Brexit. While individual legislative and regulatory matters will be addressed in due course, the core ethos of English common law and its benefits remain largely unaffected by Brexit.

Common law vs civil law -

English law is one of the oldest and most respected legal systems in the world. English law follows the common law tradition, which essentially means that judges, sitting in English courts, actually make law by applying the principles of similar decisions to the facts before them.

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