Impact of EU on SI

• Which rule / approach do most European Court of Justices prefer to use?

  The purposive approach
• When did the UK join the EU?

  1973
• As a result of joining the EU, what did UK judges have to do?

  UK judges had to use the purposive approach to EU law
• Under which act did UK judges had to use the purposive approach to EU law?

  S.2 (4) of the European Community Act 1972
• What was the case name of the legal matter involving the U.K and the E.U?

  Factortame v Secretary of State for Transport (No.2)
• What freedoms did the U.K guarantee upon joining the E.U?

  Freedom of goods, services, people, and capital
• Why did the U.K introduce the Merchant Shipping Act 1988?

  To impose quotas on Spanish fishermen
• What was the consequence of the Merchant Shipping Act 1988?

  It breached the Treaty of Rome 1957
• Who did the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 discriminate against?

  Spanish fishermen
• What action did the House of Lords take regarding the Act of Parliament?

  They suspended the Act of Parliament
• What legal action was taken against the Crown during the case resolution?

  An injunction was taken out
• What was the outcome of the legal proceedings regarding the Merchant Shipping Act?

  It led to an absurd decision
• What was the implication of Parliament being the supreme law maker in the U.K?

  Parliament did not intend for the absurd decision