The court recognised the difficulties of the European and national court investigating the same set of facts, and referred to ‘the extreme undesirability of inconsistent decisions as between the Commission, on one side, and national courts on the other’, adding ‘It is not hard to understand the undesirability of such inconsistency which undermines legal authority, leaving parties in doubt as to where they stand, and infringes the integrity of the Community legal order.’
Judges:
Sir Thomas Bingham MR
Citations:
[1997] EuLR 100
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Crehan v Inntrepreneur Pub Company (CPC) CA 21-May-2004
The claimant had taken two leases, but had been made subject to beer ties with the defendant. He claimed damages for the losses, saying he had been forced to pay higher prices than those allowed to non-tied houses, and that the agreement was . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
European, Commercial
Updated: 04 November 2022; Ref: scu.197722
