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Devolution and declaratory judgments: the Counsel General’s legal challenge to the UK Internal Market Act 2020

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Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 140 - 153

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DOI (Published version): 10.53386/nilq.v75i1.1082

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This commentary will focus on the Counsel General’s legal challenge to the UK Internal Market Act 2020. While the application for an advisory declaration in this case was refused by both the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal, this commentary argues that the substance of the application, and accom...

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Published in: Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
ISSN: 0029-3105 2514-4936
Published: School of Law, Queen's University Belfast 2024
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