Examining the new legal relationship between the UK and EU
On 15 April 2026, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office published the UK–EU Agreement regarding Cooperation on the Application of their Respective Competition Laws (the “Competition Agreement”). This post by Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers summarises the Agreement’s background and key provisions, and explains how it is implemented in UK domestic law.
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This is the third 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 certain of the Court’s decisions on the topic of judicial cooperation.
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In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the recent Supreme Court judgment in C G Fry & Son Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2025] UKSC 35 concerning the ongoing interpretive role of EU law.
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In this blog post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses the consideration of Francovich damages claims in Trustees of the AFM and SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund v Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology [2025] EWHC 1944 (Ch) (“AFM”).
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On 17 July 2025, the UK government published the latest “Assimilated Law Parliamentary Report” (“Report”) and “Assimilated Law dashboard” for the period December 2024 to June 2025. The publications fulfil the statutory duties under section 17 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“2023 Act”) to publish frequent updates. In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers provides a brief overview of the Report and dashboard amendments.
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