State Aid in UK Law
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Sky Blue Sports & Leisure Ltd and Others v Coventry City Council Arena Coventry Ltd and Another (Interested Parties)
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The Council is responsible for the local government of its area and those who live in it, to which it owes substantial duties. For any decision it makes, it is likely to begin with its political objectives and aspirations. It is entitled – if not bound – to have continuing regard to its policies in that regard. Even when, in pursuing its objectives, it considers entering the commercial arena, it is fully entitled to take into account its political agenda.
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R v A (No 2)
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In accordance with the will of Parliament as reflected in section 3 it will sometimes be necessary to adopt an interpretation which linguistically may appear strained. The techniques to be used will not only involve the reading down of express language in a statute but also the implication of provisions. A declaration of incompatibility is a measure of last resort. It must be avoided unless it is plainly impossible to do so.
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R (Professional Contractors Group Ltd) v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
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But the aim of both the tax and the NIC provisions (an aim which they may be expected to achieve) is to ensure that individuals who ought to pay tax and NIC as employees cannot, by the assumption of a corporate structure, reduce and defer the liabilities imposed on employees by the United Kingdom's system of personal taxation.
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R v Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ex parte World Development Movement Ltd
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Leaving merits aside for a moment, there seem to me to be a number of factors of significance in the present case: the importance of vindicating the rule of law, as Lord Diplock emphasised at 644E; the importance of the issue raised, as in ex parte Child Poverty Action Group and Others; the likely absence of any other responsible challenger, as in ex parte Child Poverty Action Group and Others and ex parte Greenpeace Ltd; the nature of the breach of duty against which relief is sought (See per Lord Wilberforce at 630D in ex parte National Federation of the Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd); and the prominent role of these Applicants in giving advice, guidance and assistance with regard to aid (See ex parte Child Poverty Action Group and Others at 1048J).
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R (Westminster City Council) v National Asylum Support Service
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Insofar as the Explanatory Notes cast light on the objective setting or contextual scene of the statute, and the mischief at which it is aimed, such materials are therefore always admissible aids to construction. Used for this purpose Explanatory Notes will sometimes be more informative and valuable than reports of the Law Commission or advisory committees, Government green or white papers, and the like.
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R Teresa G and Others v The British Red Cross Society (Intervener) The Director of Legal Aid Casework and Another
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It is true that the test for article 8 as it is stated in the Strasbourg jurisprudence (whether those affected have been involved in the decision-making process, viewed as a whole, to a degree sufficient to provide them with the requisite protection of their interests) differs from the test for article 6(1) (whether there has been effective access to court).
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NATS (Services) Ltd v Gatwick Airport Ltd
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They might be keen to break into a market or establish their market share. There is nothing wrong with that for them or for the utilities or contracting authorities, who are (almost) always keen to place contracts at the lowest price and, preferably, at lower than they have budgeted. One needs to consider how, commercially, a tenderer, which is not the incumbent provider or not the market leader, will ever get a contract unless it puts in attractively low prices.
- The Taxes (State Aid) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- The Taxes (State Aid) (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- The State Aid (Revocations and Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
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The Public Contracts Regulations 2015
... ... which could be conferred by provision included in an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly made without the consent of the Secretary of State (see sections 6 to 8 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 ) ; ... (b) Welsh devolved functions, that is to say functions which could be conferred by ... ...
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The European Commission's Programme for State Aid Modernization
The European Commission has set out a modernization programme for state aid. This affects both substantive state aid law and administrative procedures. On substance, while the Commission has no pow...
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The ‘Market Economy Investor Principle’ to Evaluate State Aid
The MEW has traditionally played a central role to establish whether State measures entail a selective advantage under Article 107 TFEU. However, it is not completely clear whether the MEW can be c...
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At loggerheads over state aid: Why the Commission rejects aid and governments comply
State aid is of significant importance to EU economies. The Commission is responsible for monitoring that all aid instruments comply with EU law. The present article analyses two questions: Why doe...
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A Critical Analysis of the Application of State Aid Rules to Sport
This article examines the application of state aid rules to sport and sport infrastructure. Sporting activities and their public financing fall within the scope of Article 107(1) TFEU when such act...
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Changes to State Aid Rules
In these extraordinary times, economies around the World including Member States are pumping money into their economies. Businesses and whole sectors are crying out for special support. State sup...
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UK government publishes “no-deal” state aid notice
On 23 August 2018, the UK government published a notice, committing the UK to a continued application of state aid rules even in the event of no deal being agreed with the EU on the UK’s withdrawa...
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“No Deal” Brexit and the UK State Aid Regime (Part 2)
On 21 January 2019, the UK government published its draft statutory instrument on State aid, outlining the changes to the UK State aid regime in the event of a no deal Brexit. Its publication comes...
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UK Plans to Maintain State Aid Regime Post-Brexit
On August 20, 2018, the U.K. government published further details of its negotiation position with the European Union on state aid post-Brexit. Three days later, it published guidance on state aid ...
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Evidence in support of application for registration for enforcement in England and Wales of a foreign judgment
King's Bench forms for use in cases such as personal injury, negligence and breach of contract.... ... Claimant ... Defendant ... I, (name, address and description) state [on oath] as follows:- ... By a judgment of the (name of court and country) dated (date) in proceedings between the above-named claimant and the ... ...
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Evidence in support of application for registration for enforcement in England and Wales of a foreign judgment under section 4 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (CPR 74.3 and 74.4 and Practice Direction 74A paragraph 4.4)
King's Bench forms for use in cases such as personal injury, negligence and breach of contract.... ... Claimant ... Defendant ... I, (name, address and description) state [on oath] as follows:- ... By a judgment of the (name of court and country) dated (date) in proceedings between the above-named claimant and the ... ...
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Estimate of costs for a financial remedy hearing
Forms to apply for a divorce, dissolve a civil partnership or legally separate, including the D8 application and financial order forms.... ... Total costs incurred to date ... (total of sections A and B) ... Of which, legal aid ... Of which, private costs ... State what has been paid in ... respect of the above costs ... © Crown Copyright 2020 ... Form H Estimate of costs (financial remedy) (08.20) ... Section ... ...
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Certificate referred to in Article 42(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003(1) concerning the return of the child
Standard directions forms under the Children Act.... ... Case number ... (Always quote this) ... Applicant’s Solicitors ... Respondent’s Solicitors ... Member State of origin ... Court or ... ...