Council overrides Henry VIII on market – Daily Telegraph
“A branch of the Women’s Institute has been told it cannot organise a market in a town square – despite a charter from Henry VIII granting permission to hold one there ‘forever’.” Full story Daily...
View ArticleSt. Austell Market Act 2008
St. Austell Market Act 2008 published Full text (PDF) Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
View ArticleGovernment presses ahead with plans for single competition authority –...
“The Government is to press ahead with its plans to merge the competition functions of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with those of the Competition Commission (CC).” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 16th...
View ArticleMarket impacts of the Legal Services Act 2007 – Legal Services Board
Market impacts of the Legal Services Act 2007 – Baseline Report (Final) 2012 (PDF) Legal Services Board, 25th October 2012 Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
View ArticleCompetition law – Law Society’s Gazette
“The coalition government was just six months old when it announced a ‘bonfire’ of 192 quangos, among them the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading. Fast forward to 2013 and, albeit...
View ArticleHay and others v Gilgrove Ltd and another – WLR Daily
Hay and others v Gilgrove Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 412; [2013] WLR (D) 220 “On the true construction of a collective agreement incorporated into the claimants’ contracts all who performed the...
View ArticleTesco to be probed by Financial Conduct Authority – BBC News
‘Tesco says it has been notified by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that it is under investigation following its admission last week that it overstated its half-year profit guidance by £250m.’...
View ArticleDetermined deterrence – what next? – White Collar Crime Blog
‘The FCA’s Penalty Notices in the recent Spot FX Trading Investigation totalling £1.1 Bn set out very careful and thorough explanations of how the respective Penalties have been reached, identifying...
View ArticleTraders win Court of Appeal battle over Shepherd’s Bush Market regeneration –...
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a challenge brought by traders against a High Court ruling that the decision by former Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to confirm a compulsory purchase order for...
View ArticleUK government faces legal challenge over single market – The Guardian
‘Theresa May’s government is facing a fresh legal challenge over whether it should seek to retain membership of the single market after Brexit. Lawyers will argue that June’s referendum asked the...
View ArticleBrave new world – Counsel
‘How will losing passporting rights affect the UK’s financial services sector? Saima Hanif argues that the equivalence regime is not a satisfactory alternative.’ Full story Counsel, December 2016...
View ArticleCampaigners launch fresh Brexit legal challenge over single market – The...
‘The government’s Brexit strategy faces a fresh legal challenge in the high court on Friday when campaigners argue that parliament must separately legislate to remove the UK from the European Economic...
View ArticleBrexit and muddled thinking – OUP Blog
‘When Sir Ivan Rogers stepped down in January as the UK’s top official in Brussels, he urged his colleagues to “continue to challenge ill-founded arguments and muddled thinking” and not to be afraid...
View ArticleFresh Brexit legal challenge blocked by high court – The Guardian
‘Two senior judges have blocked a legal challenge to the government’s strategy for leaving the single market and the European Economic Area.’ Full story The Guardian, 3rd February 2017 Source:...
View ArticleUK must remain under EU law during Brexit transition, diplomats say – The...
‘EU diplomats have warned the Foreign Office that the UK will not be able to leave the jurisdiction of the European court of justice (ECJ) if there is to be a transition period while details of Brexit...
View ArticleMPs urge government to preserve access to European legal services market –...
‘Preserving access to the single market in legal services is among the reasons why the government urgently needs to set out a vision for trade with the EU following Brexit, MPs say today.’ Full story...
View ArticleRules on the portability of online content finalised – OUT-LAW.com
‘Online content service providers will be obliged to ensure that consumers in the EU can access the material they subscribe to when they are “temporarily present” in another EU country, under new rules...
View Article‘Excessive pricing’ and pharmaceuticals – Law Society’s Gazette
‘After years of limited focus on ‘excessive pricing’, in December 2016 the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) took one decision finding that such an abuse of dominance had occurred, and issued a...
View ArticleFinancial markets test case pilot to be extended despite no cases in nearly...
‘The financial markets test case pilot scheme is to be extended in time and scope because senior judges have seen its value – even though not a single case has gone through it in nearly two years.’...
View ArticleEnvironmental Law News Update – Six Pump Court
‘In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Laura Phillips consider the Bar Council’s Brexit Working Group paper on environmental law, the publication of revised voluntary...
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