Examining the new legal relationship between the UK and EU
In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers addresses obiter dicta in the recent Supreme Court judgment in Lipton v BA Cityflyer Ltd [2024] UKSC 24 concerning the status of, inter alia, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”) in domestic law.
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In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the recent Court of Appeal judgment in C G Fry & Son Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2024] EWCA Civ 730 (“Fry”) concerning the role of directives as part of Retained EU Law (prior to 2024) and when interpreting Assimilated Law (from 2024).
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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 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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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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