The court was asked whether it had jurisdiction under the Regulation to determine the claim brought by the Claimants against a Spanish trade union, for damages and declaratory and injunctive relief alleging that strikes of Spanish airline pilots organised by the Union were unlawful under Spanish law in that they were in breach of the Claimants’ right to freedom of establishment and to provide cross border services under Articles 49 and 56 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Field J
[2013] EWHC 1657 (Comm), [2013] ILPr 45, [2013] 2 CLC 65
Bailii
EC Regulation 44/2001, Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
England and Wales
European, Transport
Updated: 14 November 2021; Ref: scu.510954
