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Brexit preparedness check: customs and trade in goods The transition period ends in less than three months on 31 December 2020 and negotiations between the UK and the EU on their future relationship remain unconcluded. In respect of the movement of goods between the UK and the EU (and even within the UK, bet...

2021 Irish Budget: key tax measures The Irish Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohue, and the Irish Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath, made their respective speeches to the Irish Parliament on Tuesday 13 October 2020. The Budget has been shaped in the context of the...

IPR enforcement and EU Customs Regulations post Brexit - more work for IPR owners Customs detention of articles suspected of infringing intellectual property rights (IPRs) can be an incredibly useful tool for IPR owners in the battle against counterfeit goods. This was especially the case with the EU Customs Regulations, under which a...

The next normal: what comes after the "new normal"? The last few months have, I think, made it clear that there will be no single sweeping return to "normal". However, as restrictions start to lift (however temporarily) and the end of both lockdown and the Brexit transition period appear on the horizon, th...

Corporate reporting in the post-Brexit world With little sign of substantive progress in the negotiations on the future of the UK-EU relationship, UK companies must once again consider preparing for the possibility of a no-deal or “minimal deal” scenario at the end of the transition period (31 De...

EU Copyright regulation after the Brexit transition period As the UK enters the final six months of its countdown until the end of the transition period on 1 January 2021, the European Commission (EC) has published a stakeholder notice on certain implications for copyright and related rights. In particular, this ...

Brexit and Bail-in clauses The EU Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive (“BRRD”) gives powers to EEA regulators to write down or convert into equity a failing institution’s liabilities. This power is effective in respect of liabilities under a document governed by EEA law, but is ...

Brexit, C-19 and employee claims on insolvency With so many businesses under pressure from the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, insolvency law and protections are a key area of focus for businesses and the UK government. Where a UK business becomes insolvent, the guarantee provided by the National Ins...

UPC update - Germany's Constitutional Court says Germany's UPC ratification is void - is this the final nail in the UPC coffin? ... and an opportunity for the UK? In previous posts here and here we have looked at the so-called demise of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent (UP) from the UK perspective, especially in the post-Brexit intellectual property landscape. Now it is Germany's turn to take...

The US's reaction to France's DST In her recent post, Zoe Andrews suggested that, given the importance for the UK of securing a post-Brexit trade agreement with the US, now might not be the best time for the UK to introduce a digital services tax. Support for her view is to be found in ...