On 11 February 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) will present its Work Programme (CWP) for the year ahead during the European Parliament’s plenary session.… Read More »European Commission Work Programme 2025: Enhanced engagement with Northern Ireland stakeholders
Understanding the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: key issues and implications On 4 September 2024, the UK Government introduced the Product Regulation and Metrology (PRM)… Read More »Navigating the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill: balancing regulatory alignment, devolution, and global trade ambitions
This article updates a previous article on the negotiations around the Gibraltar Protocol. Gibraltar provides an interesting point of comparison with Northern Ireland in terms… Read More »Update – the Gibraltar Protocol
John Locke once wrote, ‘we should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, signs… Read More »Consent, cross-community support and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol
The Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol (‘the Protocol’) was the subject of a judicial review challenge at the High Court of Justice in Belfast. The hearing, which… Read More »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
The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and Committee scrutiny By Emma Dellow-Perry & Aidan Stennett The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland is part of the Withdrawal Agreement… Read More »The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and Committee scrutiny
Gibraltar Following the United Kingdom’s (UK) exit from the European Union (EU), much debate was focussed on Northern Ireland’s unique position as part of the… Read More »Gibraltar after the UK’s exit from the EU: A comparison with Northern Ireland
This post updates a previous article considering the complexities around data protection after the UK’s exit from the EU. Under the Trade and Co-Operation Agreement,… Read More »Update – Data Protection Adequacy after the UK’s Exit from the EU
This blog article complements the Assembly Research and Information Paper Internal Market Act 2020 and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. It explains Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit… Read More »Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit goods trade
This article examines the UK’s exit from the EU in the context of data protection, and highlights the considerations that will apply as the UK… Read More »The UK’s exit from the EU – Data protection, adequacy and divergence
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