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R (on the application of Factortame Ltd) v Secretary of State for Transport (No 2)

[1991] 1 AC 603
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK House of Lords
Year1991
StatusBinding authority

Summary

UK courts may grant interim relief disapplying an Act of Parliament that conflicts with EU law, establishing the principle of EU law supremacy over Parliamentary legislation.

Key Principle

EU law supremacy; UK courts can grant interim relief disapplying Act of Parliament that conflicts with EU law; constitutional significance

Area of Law

constitutional

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