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 blog post Clíodhna Kelleher of Monckton Chambers discusses the judgment in Angesom’s Application [2023] NIKB 102, in which the High Court of Northern Ireland considered the UK government’s commitment in Article 2(1) of the NI Protocol to safeguard certain human rights and equality obligations under the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement in the aftermath of Brexit.
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The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in SSWP v AT [2023] EWCA Civ 1307. In it, it has confirmed that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (“the Charter”) applies to the interpretation of the Withdrawal Agreement (“the WA”), a decision with far-reaching consequences for the millions of individuals exercising rights of residence under the WA. In this blog post, Clíodhna Kelleher of Monckton Chambers discusses the judgment.
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