#Brexit trade treaty ‘could be terminated’ if #UK quits ECHR over small boat crossings according to #reports that claim the former prime minister has given evidence to the bullying #investigation.

The #UK’s trade agreement with the EU could be immediately terminated if the British #government quits the European #Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory #action, making cross-border law enforcement harder

If the #UK left the ECHR or denounces all or part of it, it is fairly clear that the EU would suspend the police and #security agreement

a professor of #EU law at the University of #Cambridge, said: “It is clear that the EU absolutely had it in mind with #arguments that their human rights were at risk in a #UK court.Catherine Barnard

Article 524 of the #TCA states the agreement, which was struck by the #UK’s then chief Brexit negotiator, Lord Frost that the #UK might try and leave the convention and respect for it runs through the TCA like writing through a stick of #rock.”

Siyabonga Twala, who has lived in the #UK since he was 15, barred from taking flight back to #Britain because of cannabis conviction Family trip abroad ends in ‘bad dream’ as Home #Office strands father in #Turkey

the Home #Office was barring him from re-entering #Britain because of a 2018 conviction for cannabisWhile #Twala was given indefinite leave to remain in the #UK in 2010, 

Speaking in an accent more Chester than South #African, he said: “I consider the #UK my home. I don’t know anything else.” #Twala went to school and university in Britain and has no close family or friends in South #Africa

#UK Government Drops Plan to Launch NFT With #Royal Mint

“#SVB #UK customers can continue to bank as usual, safe in the knowledge that their deposits are backed by the strength, safety and security of #HSBC.”

“Final calculation of the gain arising from the acquisition will be provided in due course,” #HSBC wrote, adding that the assets and liabilities of the parent companies of #SVB #UK are excluded from the transaction. 

For the #financial year ending Dec. 31, 2022, #SVB #UK recorded a profit before tax of 88 million pounds ($107 million). SVB UK’s tangible equity is expected to be around 1.4 billion pounds ($1.7 billion).

As of March 10, 2023, #SVB #UK had loans of around 5.5 billion pounds ($6.7 billion) and deposits of around 6.7 billion pounds ($8.1 billion), #HSBC said in the announcement

#HSBC officially announced on March 13 that its subsidiary, HSBC #UK #Bank, is acquiring Silicon Valley Bank UK (#SVB UK) for 1 British pound ($1.21).