Like the Curate's Egg - The White Paper on the Future Relationship between the UK and EU
Curate's Egg Author George du Maurier Jane Lambert The dialogue between the curate and his bishop runs as follows: Bishop: "I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr Jones"; Curate: "Oh, no, my Lord, I assure you that parts of it are excellent!" The white paper on The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union has not satisfied many people on either side of the Brexit debate, but it is not all bad. In fact, just like the curate's egg two parts of it could well be described as excellent. One is a commitment at para 148 to: "explore a new bilateral agreement with the EU, which would cover a coherent package of rules on jurisdiction, choice of jurisdiction, applicable law, and recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil, commercial, insolvency and family matters. This would seek to build on the principles established in the Lugano Convention and subsequent developments at EU level i...