Category: European Law

On 11 April 2024, AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion in NFŠ (C-28/23, EU:C:2024:306). The NFŠ Opinion is very interesting in three respects. First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. Second, in addressing the effects of…

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I reviewed and criticised the successful first instance forum non conveniens challenge by Dyson viz a claim allegations of forced labour at Dyson’s Malaysian Supplier, here. That finding was today resoundly overturned by the Court of Appeal in Dhan Kumar Limbu & others v Dyson Technology Limited and others [2024] EWCA Civ 1564. The issues at…

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Written by Clare Ferguson with Gemma Patterson. The final plenary session of 2024 takes place in Strasbourg from 16 December. For the first time, Kaja Kallas will attend as High Representative, and there is a full agenda of foreign policy issues on which Members will want to hear from her, in particular the recent collapse of the…

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EAPIL Winter School in European Private International Law: MULTISTATE TORTS University of Insubria, Department of Law, Economics and Cultures 10th- 15th February 2025 THE WINTER COURSE Coordinator: Silvia Marino Scientific Committee: Silvia Marino, University of Insubria; Javier Carrascosa González, University of Murcia; Anna Wysocka-Bar, Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Advisory Board: Marta Requejo Isidro, University of…

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On 6 December, Romania’s constitutional court annulled the first round of voting in the country’s presidential election. Alexandru Damian writes the decision will have profound consequences for Romanian politics and public trust. The unprecedented annulment of Romania’s presidential election, decided while the diaspora was voting for the second round and just two days before polling…

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  Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Member States’ ministers (the EU Council) are likely to agree a negotiating position this week on replacement of existing EU law on smuggling of migrants – raising questions in particular about the compatibility of this law with human rights,…

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On December 8, the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), augmented by other rebel forces, successfully overthrew the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad following more than five decades of rule by his family. As Assad’s regime fell, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a bombing campaign involving hundreds of air strikes in Syria against missiles, air…

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‘The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, will mark the 25th anniversary of the Institution with a high-level event on 21 November at the Hemicycle of the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg. This event is part of the activities of the Presidency of Luxembourg of the Committee of Ministers of the Council…

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On 18 December, the EU published its 12th sanctions package against Russia, which overall aims to extend the scope of existing export and import restrictions, rather than creating new measures (as in the case of previous packages) while strengthening efforts to limit circumvention. The package also contains various new measures, including a new listing criterion,…

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The Legal Consequences of the Motion of No-Confidence Against the French Government On December 4, the French National Assembly passed a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government. This is an exceptionally rare occurrence, and its legal consequences are, by necessity, uncertain. What is indisputable, however, is that the very passage of this…

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