Examining the new legal relationship between the UK and EU
In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers explores the recent Supreme Court judgment in Lipton v BA Cityflyer Ltd [2024] UKSC 24 concerning the status of causes of action that accrued in EU law prior to Brexit.
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In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers provides an update on section 6 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 concerning the role of courts in interpreting and departing from assimilated case law.
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In this blog post Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses a new Court of Appeal judgment, Industrial Cleaning v Intelligent Cleaning Equipment [2023] EWCA Civ 1451 (“Industrial Cleaning”), in which the Court decided to depart from retained case law.
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In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses aspects of the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (“CAT”) decision in Umbrella Interchange Fee Claimants and Merricks v Umbrella Interchange Fee Defendants and Mastercard [2023] CAT 49 (“Interchange”) concerning whether the CAT was bound to follow the European Court of Justice’s (“CJEU”) decision in C-267/20 Volvo AB and DAF Trucks NV v RM EU:C:2022:494 (“Volvo”), which post-dated IP completion day.
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In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers comments on C G Fry and Son Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up Housing and Communities [2023] EWHC 1622 (Admin) (“Fry”). The case is relevant for those seeking to determine when provisions of EU directives remain part of domestic law post-Brexit as part of retained EU law.
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