Question follow-through · 105445

Lugano Convention: Business and Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of UK accession to the Lugano Convention for businesses and legal professionals.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 13 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 15 Jan 2026
Answer: 20 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of UK accession to the Lugano Convention for businesses and legal professionals.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The UK applied to re-join the 2007 Lugano Convention in April 2020. This application remains pending as the European Commission stated in a Note Verbale in June 2021 that it was not in a position to consent to UK accession.The UK Government remains commit...

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