PM wins article 50 extension from EU

The PM asked for an extension of article 50 to 30 June.

The PM got a two-tier extension.

22 May if Parliament passes the withdrawal agreement

12 April if it doesn’t.

Much talk of ‘indicative votes’ in Parliament next week. If this leads to a consensus on the type of Brexit to be achieved, this could only affect the political declaration as to the  negotiation of the UK’s future relationship with the EU. The withdrawal agreement, backstop and all, cannot be changed and if it is not passed the UK leaves the EU on 12 April, subject to amendment by Statutory Instrument next week of “exit day” in the EU Withdrawal Act 2018, unless a further extension is granted. This would almost certainly require the UK to hold elections for the European Parliament on 23 May.

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Professor Simon Baughen

Professor Simon Baughen was appointed as Professor of Shipping Law in September 2013 (previously Reader at the University of Bristol Law School). Simon Baughen studied law at Oxford and practised in maritime law for several years before joining academia. His research interests lie mainly in the field of shipping law, but also include the law of trusts and the environmental law implications of the activities of multinational corporations in the developing world. Simon's book on Shipping Law, has run to seven editions (soon to be eight) and is already well-known to academics and students alike as by far the most learned and approachable work on the subject. Furthermore, he is now the author of the very well-established practitioner's work Summerskill on Laytime. He has an extensive list of publications to his name, including International Trade and the Protection of the Environment, and Human Rights and Corporate Wrongs - Closing the Governance Gap. He has also written and taught extensively on commercial law, trusts and environmental law. Simon is a member of the Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, a University Research Centre within the School of Law, and he currently teaches at Swansea on the LLM in:Carriage of Goods by Sea, Land and Air; Charterparties Law and Practice; International Corporate Governance.

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