Brexit: An Overview of Legal and Regulatory Implications

Now that the UK has left the EU and the transition period ended on 31 December 2020, this briefing considers the key points of the legal and regulatory landscape from the perspective of Ireland.

Deal or no-deal?

In effect, there is both. The December 2020 EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement1 (the “TCA”) includes a ‘deal’ so far as concerns EU-UK trade in many types of good. However, the TCA makes little provision for trade in services and so, broadly, it is ‘no-deal’ as regards most types of service.

Filed under:
European Union, Global, Ireland, United Kingdom, Employment & Labor, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Public, McCann FitzGerald LLP, Brexit, Personal data, European Free Trade Association, GDPR, EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Authors:
Peter Osborne , Paul Lavery , Adam Finlay , Joe Fay , Donal Hamilton , David O'Dea , Martin O'Neill , David Byers , Paul Heffernan , Orlaith Sheehy , Eva Barrett
Location:
European Union, Global, Ireland, United Kingdom
Firm:
McCann FitzGerald LLP