The European Commission is assessing how the Commission Recommendation of 11 June 2013 on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States concerning violations of rights granted under Union Law is being implemented in practice. The overall objective of the consultation is to collect information on stakeholders’ practical experiences with […]
Month: July 2017
Public consultation on the targeted revision of EU consumer law directives – Deadline 8 October 2017
Further to the recently concluded Fitness Check of consumer and marketing law and evaluation of the Consumer Rights Directive, the Commission is seeking stakeholders’ views on possible targeted legislative changes in some key EU consumer law directives. The evidence gathered during these assessments points to the following areas where legislative changes may be necessary to further fine-tune […]
CJEU Judgment – C-670/15 – 26 July 2017, in Jan Salplachta – Access to justice in cross-border disputes – Directive 2003/8/EC – Minimum common rules relating to legal aid granted for such disputes – Scope – Legislation of a Member State providing that the costs of translation of the supporting documents necessary for the processing of a legala id application are not reimbursable
The European Court of Justice (Fifth Chamber) in the case C-670/15, 26 July 2017, Jan Salplachta (Request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesarbeitsgericht – Federal Labour Court, Germany -, made by decision of 5 November 2015, received at the Court on 15 December 2015), ruled that: Articles 3, 8 and 12 […]
European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section) – Panorama Ltd and Miličić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina – 25 July 2017 – authorities’ prolonged failure to comply with binding and enforceable judgments – refusal of the Federal Ministry of Finance to authorise payment of default interest – violation of Article 6 par. 1 of the Convention and of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Chamber), in the case Panorama Ltd and Miličić v. Bosnia and Herzegovina – 25 July 2017, was faced with a case concerning non-enforcement of domestic judgments in the applicants’ favour with regard to property claims from the 1992-95 war. The applicants were Panorama Ltd, a limited liability company […]
EU-US relations on justice and home affairs: committee mission – 17-21.07.17
A delegation of the LIBE Committee (the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) will travel to Washington D.C. from 17 to 21 July 2017. Its objective is to obtain up-to-date information on the state of play and progress in the US on major topics of the competence of the LIBE Committee. Several meetings […]
Opening of the Business and Property Courts for Wales – Speech by The Lord Chief Justice – 24 July 2017
The opening of the Business and Property Courts for Wales at Cardiff follows the launch of the Business and Property Courts in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, to be followed in due course by a similar opening in Bristol. The aim is to ensure that for each of these cities, and for Wales, the specialist courts will […]
European Court of Human Right – Country Profiles – Updated on 1st July 2017
The “Country profiles” contain data and information, broken down by individual State, on significant cases considered by the Court or currently pending before it, have been updated on 1st July 2017. There is one country file for each Council of Europe member State.
European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section) – Velkova v. Bulgaria – 13 July 2017 – violation of Art. 6 par. 1 of the Convention and of Article 1 of Protocol N. 1 – unreasonably long delay for complying with a judgment in the applicant’s favour, during which the applicant was unable to privatise and use the property in issue – violation of Article 13 of the Convention – no effective remedy available to the applicant in connection with her complaint
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), in the case Velkova v. Bulgaria, 13 July 2017, was faced with an application complaining that a municipal council’s failure, for nine and a half years, to fully comply with the final judgment in the applicant’s favour had been in breach of her right to a court […]
Meeting of the Experts’ Group on Recognition and Enforcement of Agreements in Family Matters
From 14 to 16 June 2017, the Experts’ Group on cross-border recognition and enforcement of agreements in family disputes involving children met at the offices of the Permanent Bureau in the Hague. The meeting was attended by 28 experts and members of the Permanent Bureau under the chairmanship of Pr. Paul Beaumont from the University […]
Workshop with Max Schrems, Professor Hess, Professor Hoffman and Mr Proksch – Collective action against Facebook Ireland Ltd – Max Planck Institute Luxembourg – 19 July 2017
On the 19th of July 2017, Max Schrems visited the MPI along with his lawyers following the hearing of a case at the CJEU C-496/16 Schrems. In 2014, Mr. Schrems brought a collective action against Facebook Ireland Ltd before the district court in Vienna, the court for the place in which he is domiciled as a consumer […]
