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Brexit and implications for the free movement of capital

Mukwiri, Jonathan

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One misleading mantra in the Brexit debate is that the EU’s single market freedoms were inseparable. This article takes a micro-legal research approach in examining the question: to what extent would free movement of capital be available to the UK when the UK leaves the EU’s single market? The free movement of capital is the only one of the EU’s fundamental freedoms that extends beyond Member States to also apply to third countries. Like other fundamental freedoms, it extends beyond equal treatment to require market access. This article argues that free movement of capital would still be available to the UK post-Brexit, as all restrictions to free movement of capital are prohibited unless justified under EU law. It argues that as long as the post-Brexit legal context in the UK remains comparable with that of the EU, the justifiable derogations to free movement of capital would not apply against the UK. Thus, the mantra that the EU’s single market freedoms were inseparable is misleading.

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Mukwiri, J. (2019). Brexit and implications for the free movement of capital. Legal issues of European integration, 46(1), 7-28

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 7, 2018
Online Publication Date Feb 15, 2019
Publication Date Jan 1, 2019
Deposit Date Jan 7, 2019
Publicly Available Date Aug 15, 2019
Journal Legal Issues of Economic Integration
Print ISSN 0377-0915
Electronic ISSN 0377-0915
Publisher Kluwer Law International
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 46
Issue 1
Pages 7-28
Publisher URL http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?pubcode=LEIE

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Mukwiri, Jonathan (2019). Brexit and implications for the free movement of capital. Legal Issues of Economic Integration 46(1): 7-28, with permission of Kluwer Law International.





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