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 post, Jack Williams of Monckton Chambers provides an update on section 6 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 concerning the role of courts in interpreting and departing from assimilated case law.
Continue reading “The role of the courts regarding assimilated law from October 2024”Clearing up when the Courts will depart from retained EU case law
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.
Continue reading “Clearing up when the Courts will depart from retained EU case law”Charter rights post-Brexit in Northern Ireland
In this blog post Clíodhna Kelleher of Monckton Chambers discusses the judgment in Angesom’s Application [2023] NIKB 102, in which the High Court of Northern Ireland considered the UK government’s commitment in Article 2(1) of the NI Protocol to safeguard certain human rights and equality obligations under the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement in the aftermath of Brexit.
Continue reading “Charter rights post-Brexit in Northern Ireland”Charting old territory: the role of the Charter in the interpretation of the Withdrawal Agreement
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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