Brexit legislation trackerThis Practice Note tracks the progress of UK legislation introduced as part of the legislative project associated with the...
Parliamentary supremacy—implied repealIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period...
Secondary or delegated legislationLegislationThe English legal system is based upon two primary sources of law:•legislation, and•case law, or common...
Parliamentary supremacy the enrolled bill ruleIt is not possible to successfully argue that an Act of Parliament is invalid because of flaws, or even...
Parliamentary privilege and the Bill of Rights 1688Arguably the most significant of these ‘statutory’ aspects of parliamentary privilege is freedom of...
The supremacy of EU lawIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. At this time (referred to in UK law as ‘IP...
Obligation to transpose and process EU DirectivesThe transposition of EU Directives is the process by which EU Member States give effect to Directives...
UK opt-outs in the area of freedom, security and justice [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. For guidance...
Interpretation of EU LegislationIP COMPLETION DAY: The Brexit transition period ended at 11pm on 31 December 2020. At this time (referred to in UK law...
Equivalence and effectivenessDevelopment of the principles of equivalence and effectivenessUnder the principle of procedural autonomy, in the absence...
Subsidiarity statement (EU legislative proposals) [Archived]Summary of the proposed actionThe Proposal [insert full title of the legislative proposal]...
ProportionalityDefinition of proportionalityThe principle of proportionality requires that EU and Member State action shall not to go beyond what is...
HarmonisationDefinitionHarmonisation, also known as standardisation or approximation, refers to the determination of EU-wide legally binding standards...
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