Tag: EU directives
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Joanna Bell: Dover DC v CPRE Kent: Legal Complexity and Reason-Giving in Planning Law
Where a public authority determines an application for planning permission in what form, and in what level of detail, must the authority set out the reasons for their decision? What, furthermore, are the consequences of failing to provide reasons which meet the requisite standard? The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dover DC v Campaign to…
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Richard Lang: The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Clause 4(2)(b), a Reply to Downie and Further Reflections
Introduction On 8 September 2017, Gordon Downie, wrote a most interesting and thought-provoking piece for this blog, in which he warned that Clause 4(2)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill would keep EU Directives out of UK Law after Exit Day and in particular that this Clause “explicitly excludes rights etc, arising under EU Directives”…
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Gordon Downie: Brexit: What to Make of Directives?
The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill seems to make no clear provision for EU Directives to play a role in the UK domestic legal scene following Brexit. The UK Government ought to clarify its plans as regards these crucial internal market measures, in the interests of assisting firms and their advisers in their Brexit preparations. The…