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United Kingdom parliamentary sovereigntysupremacyinterim relief

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

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

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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