23 Mar 2021
Seminar Series on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: 23 - 31 March 2021
Details
Date |
23 Mar 2021 |
Time |
09:00 - 17:00 |
Location |
Online upon registration |
Description
Taking place from 23 March 2021 to 31 March 2021, and will be chaired by Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen's University Belfast.
The ICEL and the School of Law in Queen's University Belfast are delighted to announce a seminar series on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which is taking place from 23 March 2021 to 31 March 2021, and will be chaired by Professor Christopher McCrudden of Queen's University Belfast.
Tickets for the event are
available here.
Tickets for the seminar
series are available to non-members for €70, to members for €50, and to pupil
barristers and trainee solicitors for €50. Tickets for each individual seminar
are available to members for €20 and to non-members for €30.
The first seminar in the
series is entitled "The
Architecture of Withdrawal" and will address the
relationship of the various measures of UK and EU withdrawal legislation and
the status of existing and previous EU law and the continuing role of the CJEU.
It will also consider the status of the various agreements in Irish law. The seminar will take place on
Tuesday 23 March 2021 from 1 pm until 2pm.
Speakers at this seminar will
include:
- Professor
Catherine Barnard,
Cambridge University
- Professor
David Fennelly,
Trinity College Dublin
The second seminar in the
series will address "the
relationship between the Withdrawal Agreement, the Ireland/Northern Ireland
Protocol, and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement," including
the interaction between them and the extent to which they have direct
effect. The
seminar will take place on Wednesday 24 March 2021 from 1pm until 2pm.
Speakers at this seminar will
include Professor Paul Craig of Oxford University.
The third seminar in the
series will address "The
Safeguard Provisions under the Withdrawal Agreement, the Ireland-Northern
Protocol, and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement," including
both EU law and public international law perspectives. The seminar will take place on
Thursday 25 March 2021 from 1pm to until 2pm.
Speakers at the seminar will
include:
- Dr Billy
Melo Araujo, Queen's
University Belfast, and
- Dr
Stephen Brittain, Law
Library and ICEL.
The fourth seminar in the
series will address "The
Constitutional Status of UK Legislation Implementing the Withdrawal Agreement/Protocol," including
whether the Withdrawal Acts are "constitutional
statutes" and considering the different methods of
domestic implementation of the agreements and their implications in Northern
Ireland. The
seminar will take place on Friday 26 March 2021 from 1pm to 2pm. Speakers
at the seminar will include:
- Professor
Gordon Anthony,
Queen's University Belfast, and
- Rory
Mongomery, Queen's University Belfast
and Trinity College Dublin (formerly Department of Foreign Affairs)
The fifth seminar will
address "Extradition
and Private International Law in the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and
Cooperation Agreement," including
how the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement might
impact upon police and judicial cooperation between the UK and Ireland and the
impact of the TCA on previously existing private international law rules. The seminar will take place on
Monday 29 March 2021 from 1 pm to 2 pm. Speakers at this
event will include:
- Professor
Gemma Davies, Northumbria
University, and
- Professor
David Kenny, Trinity
College Dublin.
The sixth seminar will
address "Public
Procurement, State Aid, and Competition Law on the Island of Ireland after the
Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement," including
the effect on existing rules relating to public contracting in the UK, and
issues concerning state aid. The
seminar will take place on Tuesday 30 March 2021. Speakers
will include:
- Professor
Catherine Donnelly SC, Law
Library and Trinity
College Dublin, and
- Dr
Vincent Power SC, A
+ L Goodbody Solicitors and the ICEL.
The seventh and final seminar
will address "The
New Human Rights and Equality Architecture," including
Article 2 of the Protocol and the non-diminution of rights principle, the
provsions on the ECHR in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the role of the
Charter of Fundamental Rights, and the level playing field provisions of the
Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The
seminar will take place on Wednesday 31 March 2021. Speakers
will include:
- Professor
Christopher McCrudden, Queen's
University Belfast, and
- Lord
Justice McCloskey, Court
of Appeal of Northern Ireland.
There are 7 CPD points available for
attending these seminars.
Interested in attending this event?