Sean Aughey (together
with Sam Wordsworth KC) was invited to give expert written evidence on public
international law to the ‘no deal’ financial obligations enquiry conducted by
the House of Lords sub-committee on EU financial affairs.
The questions posed by the committee
focused on whether, as a matter of international law, the UK would have
financial obligations to the EU in the event of a ‘no deal’ withdrawal from the
EU Treaties becoming effective.
In their written submission, Sam
Wordsworth and Sean Aughey explained that the UK would have certain
crystallised financial obligations on withdrawal in a ‘no deal’ scenario
pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union as interpreted and
applied consistent with Article 70 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of
Treaties.
The written submission of Sam Wordsworth and Sean Aughey is available here.
The oral evidence of Sam Wordsworth before the sub-committee on 4 September can be seen here.
