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Brexit

An image showing the border control entrance to Gibraltar from La Línea in Spain (image by Guy Percival, from Public Domain Picture)
Brexit Governance 

Update – the Gibraltar Protocol

11th August 202111th August 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry

Reading Time: 5 minutes This article updates a previous article on the negotiations around the Gibraltar Protocol. Gibraltar provides an interesting point of comparison

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A slide showing a dictionary definition of the word 'consent'
Brexit Governance 

Consent, cross-community support and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol

28th July 202129th July 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry

Reading Time: 7 minutes   John Locke once wrote, ‘we should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken

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Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, incorporating the High Court (Image: Suzanne Mischyshyn, Creative Commons)
Brexit Governance 

Judicial Review of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol – Allister (James Hugh) et al’s Application AND In the Matter of the Protocol NI[2021] NIQB 64

20th July 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry

Reading Time: 7 minutes The Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol (‘the Protocol’) was the subject of a judicial review challenge at the High Court of Justice

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Brexit Governance 

The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and Committee scrutiny

18th June 202118th June 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and Committee scrutiny By Emma Dellow-Perry & Aidan Stennett The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland is

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Image showing Aerial View of the Port of Gibraltar
Brexit Governance 

Gibraltar after the UK’s exit from the EU: A comparison with Northern Ireland

8th June 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry

Reading Time: 6 minutes Gibraltar Following the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU), much debate was focussed on Northern Ireland’s unique

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Brexit Governance 

Update – Data Protection Adequacy after the UK’s Exit from the EU

7th June 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry Data protection and data sharing

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post updates a previous article considering the complexities around data protection after the UK’s exit from the EU. Under

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Map showing the impact of the Protocol, the IMA and Joint Committee declaration on NI to GB trade in goods, compiled by RaISe
Brexit Economy 

Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit goods trade

25th May 2021 Aidan Stennett

Reading Time: 7 minutes This blog article complements the Assembly Research and Information Paper Internal Market Act 2020 and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.

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An abstract image depicting GDPR
Brexit 

The UK’s exit from the EU – Data protection, adequacy and divergence

14th April 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry Data protection and data sharing

Reading Time: 8 minutes This article examines the UK’s exit from the EU in the context of data protection, and highlights the considerations that

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An image showing EU and Union flags, facing in opposite directions
Brexit 

Dispute resolution under the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol

23rd March 2021 Emma Dellow-Perry

Reading Time: 5 minutes  The Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Withdrawal Agreement, and was designed to deal with the effect of the

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A photo showing two DJs at work
Brexit Culture & Sport 

How is Brexit changing things for our artists?

18th March 202118th March 2021 Karen McCallion

Reading Time: 7 minutes   This article examines some of the potential implications for artists in Northern Ireland (NI) following the United Kingdom’s (UK’s)

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