Examining the new legal relationship between the UK and EU
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”
In this post Alfred Artley of Monckton Chambers discusses the Divisional Court’s judgment in R (British Gas Trading Limited) v Secretary of State for Energy Security.
In a major judgment on the UK’s post-Brexit subsidy control regime, the Divisional Court has dismissed judicial review challenges brought by a number of energy suppliers to the government-backed takeover of Bulb by Octopus Energy. This post summarises the decision (full judgment here), and discusses some of the key points that may be of significance for future subsidy control claims.
Continue reading “Lights out: Divisional Court dismisses post-Brexit subsidy control challenge to the sale of Bulb”
In this post, George Peretz K.C. addresses two recent updates in state aid / subsidy control regulation, concerning the Subsidy Control Act and the recent case of R(Good Law Project) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Abingdon Health plc.
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In this post, George Peretz Q.C. of Monckton Chambers discusses the Subsidy Control Bill.
Continue reading “The Subsidy Control Bill and levelling up: a complex and murky picture”
This post, written by George Peretz Q.C. of Monckton Chambers and James Webber of Shearman & Sterling, assesses the UK’s proposed revisions to Article 10 of the NI Protocol.
Continue reading “The UK’s Proposed Revisions to Article 10 of the Northern Ireland Protocol: a Sensible Basis for Negotiation”