On January 31, 2025, the UK government published the Code of Practice for the Cyber Security of AI (the “Code”) and the Implementation Guide for the Code (the “Guide”). The purpose of the Code is to provide cyber security requirements for the lifecycle of AI. Compliance with the Code is voluntary. The purpose of the…
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The Court of Justice has been recently presented with some cases where a State aid measure was argued to have (not) infringed EU internal market law and should thus (not) have been authorised by the European Commission. These cases raise the common issue of the Commission’s duty to assess proposed State aid measures for compliance…
Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle [2025] EWCA Civ 62 is an interesting case highlighting the difference between recognition and enforcement, and the circumstances in which one may not need formal recognition of a foreign court’s finding, in order effectively to enforce that finding. Can a bankruptcy petition be presented when payment ordered by foreign Court has…
Written by Clare Ferguson with Gemma Patterson. The agenda for the Parliament’s February plenary session reflects gathering impetus to face the challenges of the current geopolitical upheaval affecting both international relations more widely and people’s human rights and aspirations both at home and overseas. Members are due to hear the Commission’s long-awaited plans for this…
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AI has been in the news quite a lot lately, and therefore we thought it would be a good idea to write a short overview of the EU’s AI Act, so that people would understand what it is, to whom it applies, how it aims to manage some of the risks associated with AI (particularly…
The European Law Unbound Society (ELU-S) exists for its members. The goal is to build an open community of scholars interested in law in Europe, where everyone is welcome, regardless of career stage, academic interests, or perspective on European law. The Annual Conference is the central activity of ELU-S. It should become a welcoming and…
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Alvaro Oleart and Juan Roch argue the EU’s “othering” of Palestine demonstrates clear double standards when compared to Europe’s treatment of Ukraine. Ursula von der Leyen promised a “geopolitical” European Commission in 2019. She did not disappoint. Beyond the impact of COVID-19, von der Leyen’s time in office has been marked by two acute crises:…
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Over the past decade, no firm has faced more scrutiny for violating competition laws than Google. The avalanche of cases against the firm—over 100 around the world—is almost unprecedented. In that light, the question facing competition authorities is increasingly not whether Google has broken the law, but rather what to do about it. Although consumers…
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Dr. Ceren Kasım, Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons INTRODUCTION The first-ever binding European Union (EU) legal instrument to combat violence against women and domestic violence was approved on the 14th of May 2024 by the EU and has already been published…
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The Dublin European Law Institute will host a conference at Dublin City University (DCU) on The Role of the Council of Europe in the Pursuit of Peace, Justice and Accountability in Ukraine. The one-day event, supported by GSK Stockmann and the Department of Foreign Affairs will be held on 27 February at DCU, Glasnevin,…
