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GROUND 1 Approach to Interpretation of the Withdrawal Agreement
GROUND 1
Approach to Interpretation of the Withdrawal Agreement
The Withdrawal Agreement is an international treaty to which Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention apply. Those articles and the Supreme Court’s commentary on them is set out in this passage from Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Anson [2015] UKSC 44, [2015] 4 All ER 288 per Lord Reed:
Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention are in the following terms:
- Heading
- Lady Justice Whipple INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND
- The EU Settlement Scheme
- Housing Assistance
- LEGAL FRAMEWORK
- Rights of Residence under EU law
- The Withdrawal Agreement
- “ Article 10 Personal scope
- “ Article 13 Residence rights
- “ Article 15 Right of permanent residence
- “ Article 18 Issuance of residence documents
- “ Article 23 Equal treatment
- THE JUDGMENT BELOW
- THE ISSUES
- GROUND 1 Approach to Interpretation of the Withdrawal Agreement
- ‘ Article 31
- Article 32
- Purpose of the Withdrawal Agreement
- Article 13
- Article 18
- Article 23
- Ancillary Points on Ground 1
- Conclusion on Ground 1
- Reference to CJEU
- GROUND 2
- Conclusions