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What you need to know before buying property in Ireland
27 February 2019
With less than two months to go before the UK is scheduled to leave the EU, many Northern Ireland residents and businesses are considering setting up a base in Ireland...
Author: Oliver Tighe
Practice Area: Real Estate
Sector: Brexit
No Deal Brexit – Concern expressed whether trading on WTO rules will be possible…
25 January 2019
With time marching on and the prospect of a No Deal Brexit looking increasingly possible, the House of Lords appears to have hindered the UK’s ability to move towards trading...
Author: Niamh Magee
Sector: Brexit
Brexit: The “Meaningful Vote”
15 January 2019
By this evening the House of Commons will have closed its debate on the EU Withdrawal Agreement in its current form. This will conclude with an all-important “meaningful vote” on...
Author: Stuart Anderson
Sector: Brexit
Companies should be analysing risk in their contracts while uncertainty remains over UK exit deal, says Carson McDowell
29 November 2018
Businesses should expect to see an increase in Brexit related clauses being inserted into new commercial contracts in coming months and should be actively assessing potential Brexit risks in their...
Practice Area: Commercial Law
Sector: Brexit
Almost 70 per cent of Northern Ireland Businesses unsure what opportunities Brexit will bring
08 May 2018
With less than a year to go until the UK formally leaves the EU, almost 70 per cent of Northern Ireland businesses are unsure what opportunities Brexit will bring, according...
Author: Michael Johnston
Sector: Brexit
Passport Procurement - What Next?
16 April 2018
A complaint regarding the Home Office’s decision to award a £490 million contract for UK passport production to Netherlands based company Gemalto, has raised some interesting questions about the potential...
Author: Kerry Teahan
Practice Area: EU and Competition, Procurement Law
Sector: Brexit
NI uniquely positioned in UK to attract foreign investment post-Brexit
10 November 2016
Northern Ireland remains in the strongest position of any part of the UK – outside London – to secure Foreign Direct Investment following the referendum to leave the EU, according...
Practice Area: Corporate - M&A
Sector: Brexit
Brexit – Implications for those with EU Trade Marks
11 October 2016
One of the many potential consequences of Brexit is the impact it could have on trade mark protection in the UK. ...
Author: Dawn McKnight
Practice Area: Commercial Law, EU and Competition, Intellectual Property
Sector: Brexit, Food and Agriculture
The Brave New World of Brexit
27 September 2016
The Brave New World of Brexit: A guide to the legal implications for your business In the referendum on 23 June 2016, UK voters decided to...
Sector: Brexit
BREXIT: What's going to change?
23 August 2016
It is clear by now that the next few years will bring a degree of uncertainty for businesses in Northern Ireland, and indeed the rest of the UK,...
Practice Area: EU and Competition
Sector: Brexit