Last night MPs voted to take control of the Brexit process, and indicative votes will be held on Wednesday to endeavour to find a majority view in Parliament as to what form Brexit should take. This cannot affect the withdrawal process but can only give guidance as to the future negotiation after withdrawal of the relationship between the EU and the UK.
The PM stated she would introduce a statutory instrument to amend ‘exit day’ in the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 and this would be laid on Wednesday, so no exit on 29 March. Mrs Leadsom has now stated that this will take place after the indicative votes on Wednesday.
A further extension beyond 12 April can only be granted if the PM asks for one. If the withdrawal agreement is passed then the extension would be to 22 May. If not then the UK would leave the EU on that date. It is possible that this might be forestalled by a vote of no confidence in the government followed by the appointment of a temporary PM with the mandate of requesting a further extension and ensuring the UK participates in the elections to 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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