Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWHC 998 (Admin)
Case No: CO/3632/2019

In the High Court of Justice
Queen’s Bench Division
Administrative Court

27 April 2020

Before:

Mr Justice Swift

Between:

The Queen

On the application of Geanina Mirela Fratila – Claimants

– and –

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions – Defendant

A round-up of the week's Brexit-related developments for the Practical Law Brexit weekly email to 24 April 2020.

On 24 April 2020, the government and the European Commission each published a statement on the outcome of the second round of negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship. The statements referred to limited and disappointing progress, particularly in relation to level playing field, governance and fisheries matters.

The Welsh Government has published the draft of proposed Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2020 for stakeholders and interested parties to understand the potential measures that could apply in Wales to tackle pollution from agricultural activity. The draft regulations have not been introduced to the Welsh Assembly.

Practical Law ran a webinar on 22 April on how to use Practical Law effectively, which is now available as an on-demand webinar recording.

On 22 April 2020, the European Commission announced that it intends to adopt an exceptional derogation from EU competition rules for the milk, flowers and potatoes sectors, as part of a package of exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector during the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).