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.

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The CAT goes astray on accrued EU law rights

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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