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29 Jan 2019 14:04
Court of Appeal rules on temporal scope of EU competition lawIn a judgment handed down today in the air cargo cartel damages litigation, the Court of Appeal (Master of the Rolls; Flaux and Bean LJJ) has held that the national court did not have jurisdiction to award damages for a contravention of what is now Article 101 TFEU in relation to collusion on more...
28 Jan 2019 15:30
UK FAILED TO PROTECT PRIVACY OF LIFELONG ACTIVIST WHOSE PERSONAL DATA APPEARED IN AN EXTREMISM DATABASECatt v UK (App No. 43514/15) Related Member(s): Dan Squires QC Related Practice Area(s): Human Rights Court: European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) This case considered the collection and retention of the personal data of the applicant, a lifelong peace activist, in the police database for more...
11 Jan 2019 15:49
Google v CNIL: Advocate General agrees global “right to be forgotten” orders pose risk to freedom of expressionThe Court of Justice of the European Union has published the Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-507/17 Google Inc v Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertes (CNIL). In his opinion, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar advised that de-referencing requests under the CJEU’s decision in more...
8 Jan 2019 11:53
The Legal Services Brexit Summit: Practical Implications, Challenges and OpportunitiesJuriosity is supporting this event. 12th February 2019, London 20% Discount for all Juriosity members - see below for details UK legal services, like many other parts of the economy, will be enormously affected by Brexit. The impact will be both direct and indirect – the former through any changes more...
18 Dec 2018 16:55
Court of Appeal Holds No Violation of ECHR, Art 6 from Undercover Prosecution EvidenceR v Syed [2018] EWCA Crim 2809 Related Member(s): Mark Summers QC Related Practice Area(s): Crime and Regulatory Law Court: Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) The applicant wished to argue that decisive prosecution evidence in the case against the applicant from an undercover operation should be more...
17 Dec 2018 15:12
Are English marriage laws compliant with the EHCR? — David BurrowsDavid Burrows is a solicitor advocate, trainer and writer. Human rights and English marriage On 10 December 2018 responses were due to the government’s divorce reform proposals, Reducing family conflict Reform of the legal requirements for divorce (September 2018). A reply to responses is due from more...
10 Dec 2018 11:59
Court of Justice confirms United Kingdom’s right to change its mind about Brexit.In a landmark judgment delivered today the Court of Justice of the European Union has made it clear that, as a matter of EU law, the UK is free to change its mind about Brexit and unilaterally revoke the notice given under Article 50 TEU, thereby remaining in the EU on its present terms of more...
10 Dec 2018 09:23
UK can unilaterally revoke Article 50 notice and remain in the EUWightman & Ors v Secretary of State for Exiting the EU (C-621/18) Related Member(s):Aidan O’Neill QC (Scot) QC Related Practice Area(s):EU Law, Public Law Court:Court of Justice of the European Union The UK is free to revoke unilaterally the notification under TEU, art 50 of its intention to more...
5 Dec 2018 10:58
Advocate proposes that the Court of Justice should declare that Article 50 can be unilaterally revoked by the UK before 29 March 2019Giving his Opinion in the case of Wightman & Ors v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Advocate General M. Campos Sánchez-Bordona has proposed that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) should declare that the Treaty on European Union (TEU), art 50 allows the unilateral more...
29 Nov 2018 14:57
Law Pod UK on the Brexit Political DeclarationAs part of our continuing collaboration with Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University, we now have her latest episode on the Political Declaration on the withdrawal deal: Episode 55 of Law Pod UK. Towards the end of her 15 minute interview with Boni Sones Catherine talks about the more...
29 Nov 2018 14:05
Is the Article 50 notice revocable?On Tuesday 27 November, Gerry Facenna QC and Anneli Howard appeared before the Full Court of Justice of the European Union on behalf of two Members of Parliament, Chris Leslie MP (Lab) and Tom Brake MP (Lib Dem) in the urgent preliminary reference case concerning the UK’s Article 50 notice. The more...
2 Nov 2018 09:17
Chambers Bar UK 2019 – Monckton Chambers is top tier for Competition, EU Law, Telecoms, Procurement and Indirect TaxThe recently launched Chambers Bar UK 2019 ranks 50 individual Monckton barristers across 18 practice areas with many appearing in multiple categories. Monckton Chambers is one of the most highly ranked sets in the UK as it has been recommended in eleven practice areas; in five of these, Monckton is more...
24 Oct 2018 15:03
The right of appeal against refusal of a residence card: the latest developmentsAs discussed previously on the Blog, the rights of the family members of EEA nationals to reside in the UK is currently in a state of flux. One important issue concerns the appeal rights of an “extended family member” of an EEA national. At the moment, if a “family member” of an EEA national more...
12 Oct 2018 14:18
Richard Gibbs joins EU Law Committee of the Bar Council of EnglandRichard Gibbs of No5 Barristers' Chambers has been asked to join the EU Law Committee of the Bar Council of England. He has served as an elected member of the Bar Council since 2014, being re-elected in 2017 and joins the EU law committee at a time when much work is being devoted to the more...
26 Feb 2018 15:06
When the trial’s a stage: David Josse Q.C. writes for Counsel Magazine on the death of Slobodan PraljakDavid Josse QC discusses Slobodan Praljak’s dramatic death "The death of Slobodan Praljak, who at the moment that he learnt that his appeal had been rejected fatally drank a small quantity of poison from a vial whilst saying in Croatian ‘Judges, Slobodan Praljak is not a war criminal, with disdain I more...
7 Feb 2018 15:19
Upper Tribunal rules in important charity case: Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs v Life Services Limited (Upper Tribunal) [2017] UKUT 484 (TCC)Jonathan Davey QC has acted successfully for the Appellants in an important charity / tax dispute before the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber). The case concerns the meaning of key legislative concepts including “devoted to social well-being”, as well as the functioning of the EU law more...
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