UK Politics and Law – Brexit Institute

Brexit Deal: Implications for the Financial Services Industry and FinTech Start-ups

January 21, 2021

Stathis Polyzos (Zayed University) At last, we have white smoke! On 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK agreed upon a set of principles that will govern their cooperation…

The Brexit Agreement and UK-EU Extradition

January 15, 2021

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Noreen O’Meara (University of Surrey) The provisional text of the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (‘the Agreement’ / ‘TCA’) sets the scene for important shifts in the security relations between…

Brexit, EU Criminal Law and the Common Law Deficit

January 13, 2021

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Liz Heffernan (Trinity College Dublin) The EU-UK Agreement on Trade and Cooperation marks a milestone in the laborious and controversial process of the UK exiting the EU. While the bulk…

After Brexit: UK Citizens Living in Europe

January 12, 2021

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Orsolya Farkas (Free University of Bolzano/Bozen) It has been clear since the very beginning that Brexit would fundamentally change the legal status of the approx. 1.2 million UK citizens living…

Immigration, Free Movement and Brexit

January 11, 2021

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Jonathan Portes (Kings College London and UK in a Changing Europe) Immigration was a major factor – perhaps the major factor – in the Brexit vote. Over the past two…

Brexit ‘not done’ for Data Protection

January 9, 2021

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Karen Mc Cullagh (University of East Anglia) The current Prime Minister of the UK, Mr Boris Johnson, was infamously elected to “get Brexit done,” and he claimed to have achieved…

New Year, But the Brexit Story is Not Over

January 4, 2021

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Federico Fabbrini (DCU Brexit Institute) Since 1st January 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) has exited the European Union (EU)’s internal market and customs union, as well as its area of freedom…

Last-Minute Legislating as the Brexit Deal is Concluded

December 30, 2020

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Joelle Grogan (Middlesex University London) On Christmas Eve 2020, only seven days before the end of the transition period and a ‘No Deal’ Brexit on 31 December 2020, negotiators concluded…

Why the EU Avoided the Cliff Edge Brexit that Many had Feared

December 27, 2020

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Simon Sweeney (University of York) Prime Minister Boris Johnson achieved his aim: ‘Canada Plus’, no tariffs or quotas on merchandise trade. The Plus is continued cooperation in security, transport, and…

Christmas’ Eve Brexit Deal

December 24, 2020

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Federico Fabbrini (DCU Brexit Institute) On 24 December 2020, Christmas’ Eve, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) have reached a deal on the framework of their future…