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I really can't see how the UK either being in or out of the EU has any impact on whether commercial entities chose to use the UK as their forum of choice for litigation or other forms of dispute resolution. The only question is whether they can establish the necessary connection and that doesn't seem to require having any kind of permanent establishment or right to move here. Nor is the provision of services affected by the imposition of a border where customs duties become relevant. I would also have thought that cross-border recognition of judgements was one of the least problematic areas of our future relationship; it doesn't cut across any fundamentals of the EU system, does involve any particular expenditure by any state party, and would seem to be in everybody's interests. So the only real issue is a UK lawyer's ability to carry out transactions in a foreign jurisdiction while based in the UK, or vice versa, but that is hardly plain sailing at the moment anyway. English is the current world lingua franca of choice and that doesn't seem likely to change in the foreseeable future.
However, being optimistic about the (lack of ) impact of Brexit on the legal sector as such doesn't mean that Anon. 3.17 is right to say that "Brexit UK has a very bright future". Some people will be OK, no doubt. Some people always find a way to profit from other people's difficulties. But any benefits are likely to be quite narrowly focussed, not shared by the people of the UK generally.

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