ECJ Citizenship of the Union – Article 20 TFEU – Grant of right of residence under European Union law to a minor child on the territory of the Member State of which that child is a national, irrespective of the previous exercise by him of his right of free movement in the territory of the … Continue reading Ruiz Zambrano (European Citizenship): ECJ 8 Mar 2011
ECJ (Grand Chamber) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Citizenship of the Union – Articles 20 and 21 TFEU – Directive 2004/38/EC – Right of a third-country national with a criminal record to reside in a Member State – Parent having sole care of two minor children, who are Union citizens – First child possessing … Continue reading Rendon Marin (Judgment : Citizenship Of The Union): ECJ 13 Sep 2016
ECJ (Opinion) Air transport – Directive 2002/30/EC – Definition of ‘operating restrictions’ – Noise limits at source which must be observed when overflying built-up areas near an airport – Possibility of adopting national rules based on noise levels measured on the ground – Relationship with Directive 2002/49/EC – Convention on International Civil Aviation – Fundamental … Continue reading European Air Transport v College d’Environnement de la Region de Bruxelles-Capitale: ECJ 17 Feb 2011
ECJ (Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 6 TEU – Article 49 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Principle of retroactivity of the more lenient criminal law – Italian nationals having organised the illegal entry into Italy of Romanian nationals – Acts carried out before the accession of … Continue reading Paoletti And Others: ECJ 6 Oct 2016
The claimant had appealed against his exclusion, confirmed by the Special Immigration Appeal Commission. The case had been remitted to the European Court of Justice, which had now made its decision. Held: The essence of the grounds for excluding a European Union national from the United Kingdom must be disclosed by virtue of article 47 … Continue reading ZZ v Secretary of State for The Home Department: CA 24 Jan 2014
Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA – Applicability – Imposition of a financial penalty on a legal person for non-payment of tax debts – Concept of ‘confiscation’ – Articles 48, 49 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Penalties of … Continue reading Delta Stroy 2003 (Judicial Cooperation In Criminal Matters – Imposition of A Financial Penalty On A Legal Person for Non-Payment of Tax Debts – Concept of ‘Confiscation’ – Judgment): ECJ 10 Nov 2022
The defendant appealed against interim costs orders made in the claim against it for defamation. Held: The general power of cost capping measures available to courts were available also in defamation proceedings. The claimant was being represented under a conditional fee agreement. The court considered that the amount of costs being incurred served to act … Continue reading King v Telegraph Group Ltd: CA 18 May 2004
ECJ Opinion – (Principles Of Community Law) Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 – Transfer of asylum seekers to the Member State responsible for examining the asylum application – Obligation on the transferring Member State to exercise the right to assume responsibility for the examination itself under Article 3(2) of Regulation No 343/2003 – Compatibility of the … Continue reading NS v Secretary of State For The Home Department: ECJ 22 Sep 2011
ECJ Judgment – Public service – Contract staff – Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract – cancellation Conclusions – Renewal Process – Article 41 paragraph 2 a) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right be heard – Failure – compensation Conclusions – pecuniary damage Judges: R. Barents (Rapporteur), P Citations: F-55/14, … Continue reading EE v Commission: ECJ 25 Jun 2015
Supreme Court of Canada The References in question were prompted by the opposition of eight provinces to a proposed Resolution, published on October 2, 1980. The proposed Resolution contained an address to be presented to Her Majesty The Queen in right of the United Kingdom and a statute, to which was appended another statute providing … Continue reading Resolution to amend the Constitution: 28 Sep 1981
ECJ Area of Freedom, Security and Justice – Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Asylum policy – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 4 – Directive 2004/83/EC – Article 2(e) – Eligibility for subsidiary protection – Article 15(b) – Risk of serious harm to the psychological health of the … Continue reading MP (Protection Subsidiaire D’Une Victime De Tortures Passees): ECJ 24 Apr 2018
Opinion – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Principle of retroactive application of the softer criminal law – Article 49 (1), third sentence, of the Charter of Fundamental Rights – Export refunds – Specific export refunds for certain types of meat boned cattle – Specific export refunds obtained by means of maneuvers or misrepresentation as … Continue reading Administration Des Douanes and Droits Indirects and Franceagrimer: ECJ 12 Apr 2018
ECJ (Freedom of Establishment – Freedom To Provide Services : Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Article 56 TFEU – Freedom to provide services – Games of chance – Restrictive legislation of a Member State – Penal administrative sanctions – Overriding reasons in the public interest … Continue reading Online Games and Others v Landespolizeidirektion Oberosterreich: ECJ 14 Jun 2017
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 98/59 / EC – approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Article 16 – Freedom of enterprise – National law conferring on … Continue reading Anonymous Geniki Etairia Tsimenton Iraklis (Aget Iraklis) v Ypourgos Ergasias and Others: ECJ 21 Dec 2016
ECJ (Judgment) Appeals – Competition – Cartels – European Market for prestressing steel – Fines – Determination of the amount of fines -Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 – Article 23, paragraph 2 – Presumption of the actual exercise of influence determinant of the parent company on the subsidiary – Guidelines for calculating the amount of the … Continue reading Ori Martin SA v Commission: ECJ 14 Sep 2016
ECJ (Judgment) Preliminary reference – urgent preliminary ruling procedure – police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584 / JHA – Article 26, paragraph 1 – European arrest warrant – Effects of discount – Deduction of the period of detention received in the executing member State – Definition of ‘detention’ – restrictive … Continue reading JZ v Prokuratura Rejonowa Lodz – Srodmiescie: ECJ 28 Jul 2016
(Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Common policy on asylum and subsidiary protection – Common procedures for granting international protection – Directive 2013/32 / EU – Article 46, paragraph 3 – Full and ex nunc examination – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Right to an effective … Continue reading PG v Bevandorlasi Es Menekultugyi Hivatal: ECJ 19 Mar 2020
The claimants challenged the 2004 Order which prevented their return to their homes on the Chagos Islands. The islanders had been taken off the island to leave it for use as a US airbase. In 2004, the island was no longer needed, and payment had been made (ineffectively) to assist the dispossessed islanders, but an … Continue reading Bancoult, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2): HL 22 Oct 2008
Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Directive 93/13/EEC – Unfair terms – Order for payment procedure – Enforcement proceedings – Powers of the national court responsible for enforcement to raise of its own motion the fact that the unfair term is invalid – Principle of res judicata – Principle of effectiveness – Charter … Continue reading Finanmadrid EFC v Zimbrano and others: ECJ 18 Feb 2016
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 39 and 49 – European Parliament – Elections – Right to vote – Citizenship of the European Union – Retroactive effect of the more lenient criminal law – National legislation providing for the deprivation of the … Continue reading Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Medoc: ECJ 6 Oct 2015
ECJ Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 49 TFEU, 102 TFEU and 106 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Principle of non-discrimination – Abuse of dominant position – Article 15 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Inadmissibility L. Bay Larsen, P C-497/12, [2015] EUECJ C-497/12, ECLI:EU:C:2015:436 Bailii European European … Continue reading Gullotta And Farmacia Di Gullotta Davide and Co SAS v Ministero della Salute etc: ECJ 2 Jul 2015
ECJ Judgment – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 49 TFEU, 102 TFEU and 106 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Principle of non-discrimination – Abuse of dominant position – Article 15 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Inadmissibility C-360/14, [2015] EUECJ C-360/14, ECLI:EU:C:2015:436 Bailii European, Human Rights, Commercial … Continue reading Germany v Commission: ECJ 9 Jul 2015
ECJ Judgment – Public service – Contract staff – Staff of childcare facilities – Reform of the Staff Regulations Staff came into force on 1 January 2014 – Regulation No. 1023/2013 – Increased working hours – monthly Additional amount – Article 50 of Regulation procedure – Hierarchy of norms – General implementing provisions of Article … Continue reading Petsch v Commission: ECJ 30 Jun 2015
The applicant sought to challenge the 2004 Hunting Act, saying that it had been passed under the provisions of the 1949 Parliament Act which was itself an unlawful extension of the powers given by the 1911 Parliament Act to allow the House of Commons to bring into law an Act which had not been approved … Continue reading Jackson and others v Attorney General: HL 13 Oct 2005
ECJ Order – Preliminary ruling – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Principles of equal treatment and non-discrimination in matters of social security – Calculation of the amount of allowances for dependent children – Lack of implementation of the right of Union – Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court C-496/14, [2015] … Continue reading Statul roman v Vararu: ECJ 7 May 2015
UTIAC 1. The spouse of an EEA national/Union citizen does not acquire a retained right of residence upon divorce unless the EEA national was in the United Kingdom and exercising Treaty rights at the date of the lawful termination of the marriage: Amos [2011] EWCA Civ 552 followed.2. The principles established by the Court of … Continue reading Ahmed (Amos; Zambrano; Reg 15A, (C) 2006 EEA Regs) Pakistan (Rev 1): UTIAC 28 Feb 2013
ECJ Preliminary ruling – Directives 93/13/EEC and 2008/48/EC – Application ratione temporis and ratione materiae – Acts Prior to the accession of Romania to the European Union – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Implementation implementation of EU law – None – clearly lacking – Articles 49 TFEU and 56 TFEU – … Continue reading Tudoran And Others v SC Suport Colect SRL: ECJ 3 Jul 2014
ECJ Preliminary ruling – Article 53, paragraph 2, of the Rules of Procedure of the Court – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Implementation of EU law – None – Manifest lack of jurisdiction of the Court C-28/14, [2014] EUECJ C-28/14 – CO Bailii European Updated: 05 December 2021; Ref: scu.527249
Opinion – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Right to receive information in criminal proceedings – Directive 2012/13/EU – Articles 3 to 7 – Written Letter of Rights upon arrest – Right to be informed of the accusation – Right of access to the materials of the case – … Continue reading Spetsializirana Prokuratura (Declaration Des Droits) (Judicial Cooperation In Criminal Matters): ECJ 30 Sep 2020
References for a preliminary ruling – Article 49 TFEU – Freedom of establishment – Article 63 TFEU – Free movement of capital – Indirect discrimination – Contractual usufructuary rights or rights of use in agricultural land – Prohibition of the acquisition of such rights by persons other than members of the close family of the … Continue reading Segro (Free Movement of Capital – Opinion): ECJ 31 May 2017
Discriminatory Intent of Firm Founded Claim (Equal Treatment In Employment and Occupation – Prohibition of Discrimination – Judgment) Reference for a preliminary ruling – Equal treatment in employment and occupation – Directive 2000/78/EC – Article 3(1)(a), Article 8(1) and Article 9(2) – Prohibition of discrimination based on sexual orientation – Conditions for access to employment … Continue reading NH v Associazione Avvocatura Per I Diritti LGBTI-Rete Lenford: ECJ 23 Apr 2020