Could the UK use the EFTA Court to resolve disputes following Brexit?

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Series Details 31.08.17
Publication Date 31/08/2017
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EFTA Court
The EFTA Court fulfils the judicial function within the EFTA system, interpreting the Agreement on the European Economic Area with regard to the EFTA States party to the Agreement. At present those EFTA States are Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The United Kingdom government said in August 2017 that it wanted the country to leave the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice after Brexit. Carl Baudenbacher, the President of the EFTA Court, argues that Britain could use his court to resolve disputes. He explains the mutually enlightening relationship between the two courts and rejects the claim that the EFTA Court is easily outgunned by the ECJ.

Source Link http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/08/31/could-the-uk-use-the-efta-court-to-resolve-disputes-following-brexit/
Related Links
Blog: LSE Brexit, 25.08.17: How the EFTA Court works – and why it is an option for post-Brexit Britain http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2017/08/25/how-the-efta-court-works-and-why-it-is-an-option-for-post-brexit-britain/
Website: EFTA Court http://www.eftacourt.int/
ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/
ESO: Background information: UK drifts closer to a Norway-style Brexit transition http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-drifts-closer-to-a-norway-style-brexit-transition/

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