General principles as retained EU law and accrued EU law

In this post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers discusses recent case law confirming that general principles form part of retained EU law (and how they do so), and explains how general principles can be used as part of both retained EU law (for facts and matters arising after to IP completion day) and accrued EU law (for facts and matters arising prior to IP completion day).

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Sweet failure: British Sugar fails to persuade the High Court that the sugar advance tariff quota breaches Article 10 of the Protocol or the subsidy control provisions of the TCA

George Peretz Q.C. of Monckton Chambers discusses R(British Sugar) v Secretary of State for International Trade[2022] EWHC 393 (Admin) regarding Article 10 of the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol and the new post-Brexit UK subsidy control regime.

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Battle postponed: the Court of Appeal declines to hear the Welsh government’s challenge to the UK Internal Market Act

In this post, George Peretz Q.C. of Monckton Chambers discusses the Court of Appeal’s decision in Counsel General for Wales v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 118 on the Welsh Government’s challenge to the UK Internal Market Act.

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