Jack Williams

21/07/202521/07/2025

Assimilated law update – summer 2025

On 17 July 2025, the UK government published the latest “Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report” (“Report”) and “Assimilated Law dashboard” for the period December 2024 to June 2025. The publications fulfil the statutory duties under section 17 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“2023 Act”) to publish frequent updates. In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers provides a brief overview of the Report and dashboard amendments.

22/04/202528/04/2025

Making an impact: the REULA in action

In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers comments on a recent Court of Appeal case, Makeality Ltd v City Doggo Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 400, which demonstrates the impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

29/01/202528/04/2025

A bitter taste? When will the Court depart from assimilated EU case law?

In this blog post Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses a new Court of Appeal judgment, Thatchers Cider Co Ltd v Aldi Stores Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 5 (“Thatchers”), in which the Court decided not to depart from assimilated case law.

01/10/202428/04/2025

The Cheshire Cat’s grin: section 6’s appearance and disappearance

In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers provides an update on the commencement of section 6 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“REULA”).

02/09/202401/09/2024

New CPR Part 68 on assimilated case law references and interventions

In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses new Part 68 of the Civil Procedure Rules (“CPR”), which comes into force on 1 October 2024 and makes provision for references to higher courts and interventions by the law officers pursuant to sections 6A to 6C of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 concerning departure from assimilated case law.