British and Northern Irish lawyers can now practice in the grand duchy under the EU’s post-Brexit trade deal with the UK. Photo: Shutterstock

British and Northern Irish lawyers can now practice in the grand duchy under the EU’s post-Brexit trade deal with the UK. Photo: Shutterstock

Luxembourg’s parliament has passed bill 8056, which enables lawyers from the United Kingdom to practice in Luxembourg under their original professional titles.

A new law has created the so-called “List VII,” allowing practicing UK lawyers to “register in Luxembourg to practicing UK and public international law,” The Law Society has . “Until now, UK lawyers were forbidden from practicing in Luxembourg.”

The bill was introduced as part of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

The bill allows UK lawyers to practice in Luxembourg using their original professional title--advocate, barrister or solicitor.

This provision aligns with the trade and cooperation agreement signed between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and the UK on 24 December 2020, which provides that each party to the agreement must “authorise a lawyer from the other party to provide designated legal services on its territory under its original professional title.”

Lawyers on List VII will be limited to providing legal advice solely in public international law matters (excluding European Union law) and the law of their respective jurisdictions within the UK (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland).

Bill 8056, passed on 29 June, is available (in French) .

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