Owen’s comments came during a panel discussion at Abta’s Travel Law seminar on Tuesday (10 May), which featured Farina Azam, partner at Deloitte Legal; Anna Anatolitou, partner at Ince; and Debbie Venn, partner at DMH Stallard.
"When we left [the EU], freedom of movement and labour stopped," SBIT managing director Owen said. "If you wanted to get a UK staff member to work overseas in the EU, you needed to apply for work permits and visas, as well as multiple further stages of red tape, which has proved to be an absolute nightmare."
