Concern grows over ‘corporate courts’ being set up after Brexit
Parliament’s trade committee says it is alarmed by government's failure ‘to set out even basic lines of policy’ on how international arbitration will work after Brexit
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CONCERN is growing about the prospect of “corporate courts” being set up after Brexit that could see companies sue the government for policies that harm their profits.
Parliament’s international trade committee published a report yesterday warning that the establishment of any investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts would prove “hugely controversial.”
The committee said it was alarmed that the government was “unable to set out even basic lines of policy” on how international arbitration will work after Brexit.
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