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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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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’.
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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