Law Enforcement and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters

The agreeing of the TCA prevented the cliff edge consequences that law enforcement and prosecution authorities had been preparing for since 2016. The TCA sets out comprehensive provision in Part Three for Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters. With such a short period until the agreement was subsequently ratified and in force, there was little time for parliamentary scrutiny. This chapter seeks to examine the detailed arrangements which will form the basis of co-operation between the UK and the EU for the foreseeable future and asks how well the provisions work for Northern Ireland and the CTA