Following the triggering of Art 50, Anneli Howard assesses the possible ramifications of the Supreme Court’s Miller ruling, other associated litigation and key next steps for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
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Meredith Pickford QC addressed the audience at the start of proceedings at CDR’s Spring Competition Litigation Symposium. An abridged summary of that address can be viewed here.
George Peretz QC has contributed to the UK Constitutional Law Association blog with a piece on agriculture, devolution and Brexit. To read the full post please click here.
A collection of essays which brings together contributions from judges, legal scholars and practitioners in order to provide a comprehensive assessment of the law and practice of exceptions from the principle of free movement, has been edited by Panos Koutrakos, Niamh Nic Shuibhne and Phil Syrpis. Click here for further information.
Published by Hart Publishing, the book can be purchased, in its various formats. from the publisher’s website.
”Brexit provides new context for the UK’s role in the Council of Bar and Law Societies of Europe – particularly its scrutiny of the European Court of Human Rights’ excessive caseload, as Piers Gardner explains.
Recognised as the voice of the European legal profession, the Council of Bar and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) represents, through its members, more than one million European lawyers.”
To read the full article published by Counsel, please click here.
Written by Jack Williams
Cambridge Law Journal (2016) 75(2), 186-189
Examines the Supreme Court judgment in R. (on the application of Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board on the proportionality of the Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates introduced for criminal advocates in England and Wales. Considers the impact of the court’s proportionality assessment in UK Administrative law, and analyses what the proportionality test requires in differing contexts.
Available on Westlaw.
This post discusses FP McCann Limited v The Department for Regional Development [2016] NICh 12.
To read the full article written by Rebecca Haynes and published by Practical Law, please click here.
”This article considers what the key implications may be for public and private enforcement of UK competition law if the UK leaves the EU.
Since the original Treaty of Rome, the completion of an internal market free from distorted competition has been one of the fl agship policies of the European project. The UK has contributed to the dissemination of a “competition culture”, not just in the UK but also more broadly within the EU, through its proactive and pragmatic advances in competition law. If the UK votes “out” on 23 June, where will this leave the UK in terms of public and private enforcement?”
To read the full article by Anneli Howard, published by Practical Law, please click here.
Writing in the European Advocate, Christopher Muttukumaru CB explains why, in respect of three aspects of the renegotiated relationship between the UK and the EU, the Prime Minister’s aims were, in legal terms, successfully met. In his article, published on 29 April, Christopher deals with the impact of the renegotiation on “ever closer union”, the role of national parliaments and competitiveness- better regulation. Please see article here.
”Procurement law practitioners will no doubt have diverse views as to what the United Kingdom should decide on 23 June 2016. Some may even be concerned that their views are confused by self-interest in maintaining a lively procurement law jurisdiction. I suggest that we need have no such concern. Procurement law will not disappear upon Brexit, but might just get more interesting.”
To read the full article by Michael Bowsher QC, published by Practical Law’s Public Sector Blog, please click here.
