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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In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the recent case of E-Accounting Solutions Ltd (t/a Advancetrack) v Global Infosys Ltd (t/a GI Outsourcing) [2023] EWHC 2038 (Ch) (“E-Accounting”) in which HHJ Tindal makes a number of observations about the future impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“REUL Act”) and the interpretative role of EU law even after 2023.
Continue reading “The interpretative role of EU law from 2024”The EEA EFTA Separation Agreement and citizens’ rights
In this post Clíodhna Kelleher of Monckton Chambers discusses the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement, freedom of movement law in the EEA, and how the citizens’ rights provisions in the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement conform to and diverge from the equivalent provisions of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.
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In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the recent case of Harris v Environment Agency [2022] EWHC 2264 (Admin) concerning when directives form part of Retained EU Law pursuant to section 4(2)(b) of the EU (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
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