On Tuesday, 4 May, the European Commission concluded that the European Union should not give its consent to the accession of the United Kingdom to the 2007 Lugano Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. In its view, the appropriate framework for the future relationship between the EU and the United Kingdom in these areas is that of the Hague Conventions.
The United Kingdom had, in fact, applied to accede to the Lugano...