Re: Brussels opposes UK entry to the Lugano Convention legal pact
Originally Posted by
Banchory
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No I’m not, You have stated that a contract will need to be amended if we are no longer party to the Lugano Convention which is incorrect because you have no real understanding of contracts and the effect of changes in statute law have on contracts.
Are you now agreeing with me that no amendments to contracts are required if we are no longer party to the Lugano Convention
There is no confusion as the convention was enshrined into law and contracts will only need to reference which countries law applies.
You might get somewhere if you actually read what I wrote properly. I've said about 7 or 8 times now that if the contract uses the Lugano convention and its referenced in the contract it will need to be re-worded. The convention and the law are two completely different things.
If we are no longer part of the Lugano convention we would need to update all historic EU-UK contracts which are still valid. If we were recognised as a Lugano State, we wouldn't which is why we have asked to join it, to avoid the unnecessary updates to the contracts, which also benefits the other Lugano states, incidentally.
When the UK left the EU we left Lugano Convention - the only country in the world to do this, so its not unusual for the UK to be the only country in the world to still have references outside the EU to the Lugano Convention in contracts.
Being recognised as a Lugano State would avoid the updating of all the contracts - both for the 27 and for us.
That's now about 9 times I've explained this to you.