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The UKCLA blog will be taking a break over the Christmas period – the blog will be closed from Thursday 19 th December 2024 and will re-open on Monday 6 th January 2025. Any final posts would need to ...

In Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer [2024] UKSC 12 (Mercer), the Supreme Court was confronted with whether and how to exercise its powers under sections 3 and 4 of the HRA 1998. This ...