Category: European Law

A quick note on Playtech Software ea v Games Global Ltd ea [2024] EWHC 3264 (Ch) in which Thompsell J discussed ia Rome II in an application for service out (of the jurisdiction).  As confirmed by Arnold LJ in Shenzhen Senior Technology Material Co Ltd v Celgard, LLC [2020] EWCA Civ 1293 [51]  as a matter…

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Written by Pieter Baert. Equality between men and women is one of the key foundational principles of the European Union. Despite much progress, however, significant gaps persist between men and women regarding employment opportunities and income levels. Taxation can either mitigate or exacerbate these gender inequalities. On 13 January 2025, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Tax…

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The Bouskoura case (C-387/24 PPU), lodged on 4 June 2024 and ultimately addressed by the ECJ on 4 October 2024, brings about significant insights at a point of critical juncture between immigrants’ fundamental rights and procedural matters as regarding asylum seeking and return decisions. The dispute in question involves a third-country national (‘TCN’) who appealed…

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Radical-right parties made significant gains at the ballot box during 2024. Vicente Valentim argues this success owes much to the normalisation of their views. Last year was a year full of elections, with almost half of the world’s population being called to the polls. In many of these elections, the radical right made significant gains….

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    Alan Desmond, University of Leicester Kevin Fredy Hinterberger, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour Photo credit: Luxufluxo, via Wikimedia Commons   Introduction The 2008 Return Directive sets out common standards and procedures for removal of irregularly staying third-country nationals (TCNs) by all EU Member States, except for Ireland and Denmark, and by the four…

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Print this article POST 16 OF THE SERIES OF THE ODYSSEUS BLOG ON THE PACT ON MIGRATION & ASYLUM by Caroline Leclercq, PhD candidate in European and Migration Law, Centre de droit européen, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles Resettlement seems to be the main solution advanced in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum to fill…

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On 5 and 6 June 2025, Lund University is hosting a workshop on The Role of the Causal Inquiry for Finding Breaches of Human Rights Obligations under the European Convention on Human Right.   Background Causation is widely applied in national law for determining responsibility. More generally, it can be regarded as an inherent feature of…

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On October 6th, an informal EU Summit convened in Granada under the EU Spanish Presidency. This Summit followed a series of significant diplomatic engagements and policy developments. In preparation, the EU Council and EU Commission held meetings with leaders from pre-Accession Countries in the Western Balkans and countries from Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania,…

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Friedrich Merz und die Ausbürgerung als lex ferenda Friedrich Merz forderte jüngst die Möglichkeit der Aberkennung der deutschen Staatsangehörigkeit, jedenfalls für diejenigen deutschen Staatsbürger, die nach ihrer Einbürgerung zwei Mal straffällig geworden sind. Dieser Fehler müsse korrigiert werden können, wobei Merz die Einbürgerung meint – die Straftat ist ja schon begangen. Merz‘ Begründung, „Wir holen…

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