1. Critically analyse the extent, if any, to which Britain's me
... . Under this article a case from the House of Lords can be referred to the ECJ for a ruling on the interpretation of E.U law, where ambiguity has arisen between the English law and E.U law. Paragraph 3 states that if a point raises ambiguity in the final court of appeal there is a duty to refer the point in question to the ECJ. The opinion of the ECJ ... will be considered by the English judges and the English judges will need to resolve the ambiguity by modifying their traditional approaches by "gap filling" or giving priority to E.U law. This is shown where an Article 234 (177) referen...
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