European Court of Justice News

Jun 9, 2013   |   scotsman.com Lawyers gather to hear what the European Court of Justice thinks about us

REPORTS that the European Court of Justice is determined to interfere in the affairs of the United Kingdom are inaccurate. More than that, the 180-strong audience at today’s Scottish Public Law Group (SPLG) conference in...

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Jun 7, 2013   |   freedominfo.org EU Court Backs Secrecy in International Trade Talks

The General Court of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg June 7 upheld secrecy in trade negotiations and privileged access for business and trade associations. The plaintiff, the watchdog group Corporate Europe...

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Jun 7, 2013   |   luchtzak.be Press releases / Official news • Transfer from Austrian to Tyrolean: legal clarification image

Transfer from Austrian to Tyrolean: Austrian Supreme Court Requests Clarification from European Court of Justice The Austrian Supreme Court informed Austrian Airlines in a court ruling served to the airline today that it must...

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Jun 6, 2013   |   vitalfootball.co.uk Great News-The Fixtures are Ours!

Great News-The Fixtures are Ours! Vitalfootball: Burnley: 06/06/2013 12:16:00 All fans sites will now be able to publish fixtures without having to pay DataCo for the copyright pleasure. Who says? The European Court of Justice!...

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Jun 6, 2013   |   insidecounsel.com Have the European views on legal privilege impacted North-American in-house practices?

In 2010 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered a major decision that has since been the subject of extensive discussions (Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and Akcros Chemicals Ltd v. European Commission).

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Jun 7, 2013   |   ejiltalk.org Human Rights: Member State, EU and ECHR Levels of Protection

Article 53 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union caused, already at its inception, a hermeneutical conundrum: Nothing in the Charter shall be interpreted as restricting or adversely affecting human rights...

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Jun 6, 2013   |   balticbusinessnews.com New directions in European state aid law

Taivo Ruus, partner of Triniti, a pan-Baltic alliance of law firms, writes about a landmark judgement made by the European Court of Justice at the end of 2012 on prohibited state aid. The judgment of the European Court of...

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Jun 6, 2013   |   euractiv.com MasterCard heads to court over EU ban on card fees (News)

MasterCard will make a final attempt to overturn an EU ban on cross-border card fees in a hearing at Europe's highest court next month, in a case with repercussions for the financial industry and global card payment systems. All similar articles: 81 »

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Jun 4, 2013   |   argentinastar.com Amurta decision could mean billions for pensions funds

European pension funds could be set for significant tax windfalls following today's decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) looking at the legality of withholding taxes levied on dividend income. The case was brought by...

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Jun 5, 2013   |   anirudhsethireport.com A press review ahead of the German Constitutional Court decision

On 11 and 12 June, 2013 the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) will consider the legality and conformability of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the ECB’s Outright Monetary Transaction programme (OMT) in...

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Jun 4, 2013   |   nebusiness.co.uk Small Businesses old: COLUMN: James Wilders - Club shown red card for shareholder’s comments

IN ORDER to bring a successful discrimination claim in the EU, a claimant has to establish a ‘prima facie’ case of discrimination to prove their employer discriminated against them. The employer must then persuade the tribunal...

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Jun 3, 2013   |   accountancyage.com Glacially slow progress in M&S group tax relief case image

THE RECENT Supreme Court ruling that tax relief claims made by Marks & Spencer for losses, made by its now-defunct Belgian and German subsidiaries, are allowable could leave HM Revenue & Customs open to similar claims. The crux...

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Jun 2, 2013   |   naturalgaseurope.com Netherlands: Statutory Bans Cleared in Public Energy Network Companies

Advocate-General to the European Court of Justice clears Dutch statutory bans on privatisation of and commercial company cross-participations in public energy network companies. Introduction In its judgments of 24 February 2012...

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Jun 1, 2013   |   asiantribune.com European Union Parliament can help the Efforts of Sri Lanka in Rebuilding the Country - Deputy... image

Brussels, 02 June, (Asiantribune.com): A Sri Lankan Parliamentary delegation was recently in Brussels to meet te EU elected Parliamentarians. At the invitation extended by the Delegation for Relations with the Countries of...

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Jun 2, 2013   |   arabianbusiness.com Iran's largest private bank in EU legal battle image

Bank Mellat, Iran’s largest private bank, has urged the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to quash a move by the European Council to have EU sanctions against it reinstated. In January the European General Court ordered an end to...

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May 31, 2013   |   oss-watch.ac.uk Digital Exhaustion

When I was a poor student I was extremely grateful that the local bookshop had both a new and a second hand section. Text books were and are expensive, and I would always check the used section for a usable … Continue reading →

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May 31, 2013   |   btmagazine.nl Flight Paths At New Berlin Airport Draw EU Ire image

Flight Paths At New Berlin Airport Draw EU Ire Berlin’s much-delayed new airport suffered another setback on Thursday when the European Commission accused Germany of failing to heed EU wildlife protection law. The European...

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May 31, 2013   |   olduvaiblog.wordpress.com Iain Duncan Smith accuses European commission of benefits ‘land grab’ | UK news | The Guardian

Iain Duncan Smith accuses European commission of benefits ‘land grab’ | UK news | The Guardian. Related articles Iain Duncan Smith accuses Brussels of ‘blatant land grab’ in immigrant benefit row (telegraph.co.uk) Britain taken...

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May 31, 2013   |   broadcastcommunications.com EC refers issue of Estonian telecoms regulator impartiality to Court of Justice

Amid continued concerns regarding laws governing the role of the Estonian telecoms regulator, the European Commission (EC) has confirmed it is referring the matter to the European Court of Justice. As previously reported by...

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May 31, 2013   |   4-traders.com PORSCHE AUTOMOBIL HOLDING SE : Image, Qualität und Kundenzufriedenheit sprechen für Porsche image

The feature you requested does not exist. However, we suggest the following feature: Germany wins victory over EU Commission in VW Law case Germany looked set to win victory over the European Commission to preserve state...

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May 31, 2013   |   lowtax.net Lowtax.net News: French Property Tax Rules Under Fire image

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels Allegedly "discriminatory" tax rules on new residential property have resulted in France's referral by the European Commission to the European Court of Justice. According to the...

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May 30, 2013   |   epnewshub.eu Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament: Arab...

Following the European Court of Justice's decision yesterday to unfreeze the assets belonging to the entourage of former Tunisian president Ben Ali, the S&D Group reiterates that all the assets stolen by the ousted Arab...

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May 30, 2013   |   mikesivier.wordpress.com The European courts have their priorities wrong. Why aren’t they stopping the disability deaths? image

The villain of the piece: Iain Duncan Smith drives all of the government’s policies that discriminate against the sick or disabled. Others have memorably noted that his idea of helping them is to kick away their walking-sticks...

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May 30, 2013   |   unitedkingdomnews.net London Terror Probe Traces Path to Radicalization via Somalia

LONDON -- More than a week after a British soldier was killed in broad daylight on a London street in an apparent Islamist-motivated attack, one of the suspects has been charged with murder. The other is still recovering in the...

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May 30, 2013   |   kluwerarbitrationblog.com The proposal for reviewing the Brussels Regulation and the new Regulation No. 1215/2012 after the...

Linklaters Linklaters By Alessandro Villani and Manuela Caccialanza One of the more debated issues in the process of the implementation and review of Regulation No. 44/2001 (“Brussels Regulation”) was the general exclusion of...

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May 30, 2013   |   arunbabyveranakunnel.wordpress.com UK faces European Court over immigrants’ benefits image

The UK is to be taken to the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to correctly assess whether immigrants are entitled to benefits. The European Commission has accused Britain of discriminating against nationals... All similar articles: 147 »

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May 30, 2013   |   limk.com UK faces court over migrant benefits image

The UK is to be taken to the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to correctly assess whether immigrants are entitled to benefits. Read this limk on the original site » The limk UK faces court over migrant... All similar articles: 308 »

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May 29, 2013   |   eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk British Airways refuses compensation payouts over Heathrow aircraft ‘fire’ delays image

British Airways passengers will not receive compensation over delays caused by the emergency landing of one of the airline’s jets at Heathrow last Friday. Under European law, passengers whose journeys are delayed by more than... All similar articles: 468 »

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May 29, 2013   |   globalresearch.ca EU High Court rules on GMO Contamination; Opens Door to Biotech Liability image

In Sept. 2011, the European Union’s top court paved the way for farmers and beekeepers to recoup losses when their crops or honey become genetically contaminated from neighboring GM fields. The European Court of Justice ruled...

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May 30, 2013   |   heraldscotland.com Progress on alcohol misuse image

Your call for the early introduction of minimum pricing for alcohol in Scotland could be advanced by an early reference of the legal case to the European Court of Justice ("Accept the case for minimum pricing", The Herald, May... All similar articles: 145 »

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