Legal battle starts over Brexit ferry deals

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Eurotunnel challenges 'secretive' Brexit ferry deals

Eurotunnel's lawyers will also argue that the DfT has fallen foul of EU public procurement laws.

It will also claim it was not seeking extra rail capacity, and in any case, the purpose of the contracts were to divert lorries away from Eurotunnel's base in Dover or Folkestone, and towards other ports.Eurotunnel has previously voiced concerns more broadly about the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit on its business.

Andrew Dean, a director at law firm Clifford Chance, and a former government advisor, said that in such a scenario,"a critical part of the country's no-deal Brexit preparations could be swept away just weeks before Brexit Day on 29 March". But days later, the awards were headline news, and the DfT was under fire from MPs for handing a contract to Seaborne Freight, which had never sailed a vessel.

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