This note provides an overview of the key legal issues affecting civil justice and judicial co-operation arising from the UK’s exit from the EU. It explains the impact of the UK’s withdrawal on the framework of rules which apply in this area, in particular the rules relating to jurisdiction, enforcement of judgments, governing law, service of proceedings, taking evidence and mediation.

This note explains the rules that apply from 1 January 2021 and the rules that applied during the post-Brexit transition period, which ran from 31 January 2020 to 31 December 2020, following ratification by the UK and the EU of the withdrawal agreement.