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From the Protocol to the Windsor Framework

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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, 2023.

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Abstract

The Windsor Framework, the new package of measures agreed by the UK and EU as well as the new name for the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, was presented in February 2023 amidst considerable fanfare. This article examines the rationale for the new Framework amongst the negotiators and how some of its headline provisions impact upon those most exposed to the out-workings of any deal – those living and doing business in Northern Ireland. We investigate the possible implications for Northern Ireland of the new minimalist regulatory alignment in the trade in goods and the possibility of a ‘cooperation dividend’ stemming from warmer UK-EU relations. In particular, we examine the operation and possible limitations upon the ‘Stormont Brake’ mechanism. This article ultimately assesses whether Sunak’s Windsor Framework will be any more successful than the May Backstop and the Johnson Protocol before it at ‘getting Brexit done’.


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Author(s): Murray C, Robb N

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly

Year: 2023

Volume: 74

Issue: 2

Pages: 395-415

Print publication date: 04/09/2023

Online publication date: 12/05/2023

Acceptance date: 03/05/2023

Date deposited: 12/05/2023

ISSN (print): 0029-3105

Publisher: School of Law, Queen's University Belfast

URL: https://doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v74i2.1100

DOI: 10.53386/nilq.v74i2.1100

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/x3c9-bv17

Notes: This paper was originally published 12/05/2023 in a special advance edition https://doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v74iAD1.1081


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