Examining the new legal relationship between the UK and EU
This is the fourth in a series of blogposts on CJEU decisions concerning the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement by Luke Kelly and Charlotte McLean of Monckton Chambers. In this post, they provide an overview of a selection of the Court’s decisions which address procedural issues arising from the Withdrawal Agreement.
Continue reading “CJEU cases about the Withdrawal Agreement – Part 4 on procedural issues”
In this post, John Bell, LLM (Queen Mary University of London), former Schuman Trainee at the European Parliament, discusses the European Commission’s negotiating mandate for a UK-EU common sanitary and phytosanitary (“SPS”) area published on 16 July 2025 (“UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiating mandate”) and its significance for UK-EU relations law.
Continue reading “Food for thought: The Commission’s UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiating mandate”
In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses Advocate General Biondi’s recent Opinion in C-413/24 Vlaams Gewest v P&O Ferries EU:C:2025:490in which the Advocate General opines on whether the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”) is capable of direct effect and whether it incorporates EU obligations upon which P&O can rely post Brexit.
Continue reading “Charting a course for rights in the TCA”
In this blog post, Professor Panos Koutrakos discusses the first UK-EU arbitration ruling under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Continue reading “The first UK-EU Arbitration Ruling under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement: the sandeel fishing ban”
In this post, Luke Kelly and Michael Bowsher KC discuss the Court of Appeal’s judgment in R (British Gas Trading and E.ON) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero [2025] EWCA Civ 209.
Continue reading “Subsidies and the “proportionality” standard of review”