# ecj - Thursday 31 March, 2022
# International Criminal Court
# International Criminal Court
Trinity’s Dr Donna Lyons outlines the historical background to war crimes charges and asks where Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sits under the law.
# ecj - Tuesday 23 November, 2021
# Rule Of Law
# Rule Of Law
Frank Clarke said the UK Government’s proposals represented a ‘serious attack’ on the rule of law.
# ecj - Wednesday 27 October, 2021
# ECJ V. Poland
# ECJ V. Poland
Poland’s Prime Minister said the country ‘would not act under the pressure of blackmail’
# ecj - Thursday 6 August, 2020
# Christian B
# Christian B
Maddie McCann went missing in Portugal in 2007 while on holiday with her family.
# ecj - Thursday 16 July, 2020
# ECJ
# ECJ
The US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said his department was “deeply disappointed” by the court ruling.
# Max Schrems
# Max Schrems
The ruling on this case could have significant implications for how data is transferred between the EU and the US.
# ecj - Thursday 2 April, 2020
# Refugee Crisis
# Refugee Crisis
They ‘failed to fulfil their obligations under European Union law,’ the ECJ held.
# ecj - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Settlements
# Settlements
It follows a case taken by a French tribunal in 2016.
# Derrybrien
# Derrybrien
The fine relates to an incident which saw 50,000 fish killed in 2003.
# ecj - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
# Big Bucks
# Big Bucks
Ireland is also battling a similar fine levied against tech giant Apple over its Irish-based operations.
# ecj - Thursday 14 February, 2019
# INTO
# INTO
Teacher’s union the INTO said that it the ruling was “a bitter disappointment”.
# ecj - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
# Prep
# Prep
The case now returns to the English High Court for a final decision.
# ecj - Thursday 14 September, 2017
# Trade Unions
# Trade Unions
The decision may have a big impact on future labour disputes at the airline.
# ecj - Wednesday 23 August, 2017
# European Court Of Justice
# European Court Of Justice
The British government wants to end the direct jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.
# ecj - Tuesday 14 March, 2017
# Religion
# Religion
The court said it does not constitute “direct discrimination” if a firm has an internal rule banning the wearing of any political, philosophical or religious sign.
# ecj - Saturday 19 November, 2016
# ECJ
# ECJ
The company’s flagship service is banned here – and the government wants to keep it that way.
# ecj - Tuesday 8 November, 2016
# Irish Life
# Irish Life
The court found there is a greater public interest in protecting financial systems.
# ecj - Friday 6 May, 2016
# Let's Go Menthol
# Let's Go Menthol
Part of the ECJ plan paves the way for the banning of menthol cigarettes.
# ecj - Wednesday 23 December, 2015
# Taxing Issue
# Taxing Issue
A European Court of Justice ruling says a tax should be introduced instead of minimum pricing.
# ecj - Friday 11 September, 2015
# Serious Change
# Serious Change
This will impact on employees without a fixed place of work.
# ecj - Friday 10 April, 2015
# Madness
# Madness
Max Schrems has taken a €10 million class action lawsuit against the tech giant in his native Austria so as to avoid the ‘madness of the Irish courts’.
# ecj - Thursday 19 March, 2015
# Junior Docs
# Junior Docs
A legal opinion has been issued to say that Ireland is breaching the EU Working Time Directive.
# ecj - Wednesday 12 November, 2014
# Benefits
# Benefits
The European Court of Justice said that Germany did not have to give a Romanian man benefits.
# ecj - Thursday 7 August, 2014
# Group Effort
# Group Effort
The class action suit, filed by lawyer Max Schrems, is limiting the number of participants to 25,000 until all requests are verified.
# ecj - Thursday 10 July, 2014
# Copyright
# Copyright
The ruling means that the layout of Apple’s stores are now registered as a trademark in both the US and EU.
# ecj - Thursday 19 June, 2014
# Who Wore It Better?
# Who Wore It Better?
It’s a dispute over a woman’s top and shirt.
# ecj - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Europe Vs Facebook
# Europe Vs Facebook
A number of questions relating to a case involving the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s decision to not investigate Facebook, will now be dealt with by the European Court of Justice.
# ecj - Thursday 15 May, 2014
# Collision
# Collision
The company’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, said the ECJ had struck the wrong balance, causing what he describes as a “collision between a right to be forgotten and a right to know.”
# ecj - Monday 27 May, 2013
# Pensions
# Pensions
Paul Kenny’s report illustrates a significant increase in the number of difficulties experienced by the public.
# ecj - Thursday 11 April, 2013
# Planning
# Planning
The EU’s top court hands a major boost to opponents to the N6 bypass around Galway, ahead of a final Supreme Court ruling.
# ecj - Thursday 14 March, 2013
# Spain
# Spain
The Spanish government has promised its law will now be “corrected” to comply with the ruling.
# ecj - Thursday 31 January, 2013
# Ryanair
# Ryanair
The court ruling could have wide-ranging implications for air carriers and their passengers.
# ecj - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
# Best Bud-dies
# Best Bud-dies
Here’s our crash course on the marathon legal disputes between Anheuser-Busch and a Czech brewery over the name ‘Bud’.
# ecj - Friday 18 January, 2013
# Juris Prudence
# Juris Prudence
Yep, that’s an actual headline.
# ecj - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
# Septic Tanks
# Septic Tanks
The ECJ also fines Ireland another €1.5 million for breach of European rules on environmental impact assessments.
# ecj - Saturday 8 December, 2012
# Septic Tanks
# Septic Tanks
The EU’s top court will rule later this month on whether Ireland’s new septic tank inspections are enough to avoid a fine.
# ecj - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
# Pringle
# Pringle
The independent TD said that if the court decides he’s liable for a six figure sum he does not have the cash in hand to pay.
# ecj - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
# ESM
# ESM
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the eurozone’s permanent bailout fund is lawful.
# ecj - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Farmers
# Farmers
German farmers had taken a successful case to the European Court of Justice in 2008 arguing that publishing the information was a data protection breach.
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