Brexit Revisited: London Calling - Part 1

Matheson LLP's most recent Knowledge Insights Series event on 30 March 2023, which was hosted in the firm's new London office, saw a panel of Matheson partners from Dublin and London discuss with Mr Dan O' Brien, chief economist at the Institute for International and European Affairs, the implications of Brexit on the latest economic services data from Ireland, the UK and a number of EU economies. The event was organised in the wake of the "Windsor Framework," agreed on 27 February between the UK and the EU, and as the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill reached Report Stage in the House of Lords.

The Windsor Framework makes changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol which formed part of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement which formally took the UK out of the EU. One of the key changes will involve dividing imports from the UK into Northern Ireland into "green lane" and "red lane" products. It is expected that this system will significantly reduce checks on