‘In December 2017, the principles of Britain’s divorce from the European Union were agreed, and we now move to what Theresa May has called the “implementation phase”. But, as Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University tells Bonnie Soames, it should really be termed “the transition”.’
Law Pod UK, 17th January 2018
Source: audioboom.com
‘Concerns that proposed new UK data protection laws threaten the independence of the country’s data protection watchdog are “misplaced”, a government minister has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A battle cry of the Brexiteers during the referendum campaign was a rousing appeal to restore the supremacy of Parliament: to free our great nation from its subservience to EU law. There is therefore a dispiriting irony that the process of withdrawal that is proposed in the EU Withdrawal Bill will lead to a hollowing out of the authority of Parliament[1]. On an unprecedented scale, it is proposed that Parliament will divest itself of powers in its traditional sphere of authority – that of legislating pursuant to the mandate granted by the electorate – and transfer such powers to the Executive. At the same time, there will be a sapping of Parliamentary power to the Judiciary, who will be required to adjudicate on issues of policy that would be expected to have been determined by the sovereign Parliament, unless some clear interpretative guidance is provided in the approach to be adopted to policy issues that will inevitably arise.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 15th January 2018
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Plans to reduce regulatory reporting restrictions for UK insurers and mutuals under the Solvency II Directive have been published by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).’
OUT-LAW,.com, 15th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £400,000 fine on mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse following a 2015 cyber attack. Originating from an IP address in Vietnam, the hack went on for 15 days before detection. It exposed the personal data of more than three million customers and 1,000 members of staff.’
Technology Law Update, 11th January 2018
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘Data breaches that arise after new EU data protection laws take effect but which stem from security flaws that were known about prior to then will be enforced under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK’s data protection watchdog has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Planned changes to UK data protection laws will not put security researchers at risk of breaking the law when they test the effectiveness of data anonymization measures, as had been feared.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The British government may have breached a major “environmental democracy” law by failing to consult the public when drawing up Brexit legislation.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A Home Office policy of removing EU citizens found sleeping rough on UK streets is unlawful and must stop, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 14th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK’s telecoms regulator has opened a new “enforcement programme” to formally monitor the way in which internet service providers (ISPs) manage the flow of data over their networks.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘I was recently instructed by Sterling & Law LLP in an EEA appeal against the refusal of permanent residence. The Appellant was a non-EEA national in a civil partnership with her wife, an EEA national. The Appellant sought to establish that she was entitled to permanent residence having lived in the UK in accordance with the EEA Regulations for five years.’
Drystone Chambers, 1st December 2017
Source: drystone.com
‘Recent press reports have suggested that competition lawyers in other Member States have been confidently predicting the death of cartel claims in the UK following Brexit. But reports of the demise of this species of litigation are premature. The European Communities Act 1972 (the ECA 1972) will be repealed following the entry into force of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill (the Bill). But this is unlikely to have any significant impact on the ability of claimants to bring claims before UK courts for damages caused by infringement of Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) – at least for quite some time. The reason for this is the provisions of the Bill that protect rights that have accrued prior to “exit day”.’
Blackstone Chambers, 4th December 2017
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘Caspar Glyn QC considers the decision of C‑214/16 King v The Sash Windows Workshop Limited which was handed down today.’
Cloisters, 29th November 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘A UK law requirement that a transgender woman annul her marriage before she is entitled to a full gender recognition certificate is unlawful to the extent that it impacts on state pension entitlement, an EU legal adviser has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The lack of adequate Parliamentary scrutiny when the UK negotiates trade agreements (something it has not done in its own right for many years) has come to the attention of the House of Commons International Trade Committee. This is timely given the prospect of the UK negotiating the single most important trade agreement it is likely to negotiate for a long time – its future trade agreement with the EU. The context for the Committee’s concern is its inquiry into the Trade Bill. One of the issues which the Bill addresses is the domestic implementation in the UK of those EU trade agreements which are adapted for continued application by the UK after Brexit. The Committee has asked whether Parliamentary scrutiny of ministerial rules implementing these agreements is adequate, and, more broadly, whether scrutiny of the UK signing up to these and other trade agreements, is adequate.’
Brexit Law, 6th December 2017
Source: brexit.law
‘Online service providers in the EU will not face new obligations to make their copyrighted content available to customers to access when they are visiting other EU countries after proposed new EU laws were watered down.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Investigatory Powers Act needs to be updated if it is to comply with EU law, the UK government has admitted.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The UK and other EU governments are planning a crackdown on bitcoin amid growing concerns that the digital currency is being used for money laundering and tax evasion.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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