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| AGENCY |
Commercial agent — Agent for specific geographical area — Transactions concluded by customers with no action by principal — Whether agent entitled to commission — Council Directive 86/653/EEC, art 7(2)
Chevassus-Marche (Heirs of) v Groupe Danone and others (Case C-19/07)
- [2008] Bus LR 1290
17/01/08
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| AIRCRAFT |
Carriage by air — Carrier’s obligation to compensate passengers for cancellation of flight — No statutory obligation of compensation for delayed flight — Whether long delay to be regarded as cancellation — Whether passengers suffering delays to receive same compensation treatment as passengers on cancelled flights — Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, arts 5, 6
Sturgeon and others v Condor Flugdienst GmbH; (Case C-402/07)
[2009] WLR (D) 338
19/11/09
Carriage by air — Carrier’s obligation to compensate passengers for cancellation of flight — No obligation if cancellation caused by “extraordinary circumstances” — To what extent technical problem revealed in routine check “extraordinary circumstance” — European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 on compensation to passengers in event of inter alia cancellation of flights, art 5(3)
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia—Linee Aeree Italiane SpA (Case C-549/07); WLR (D) 3
22/12/08
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| CONFLICT OF LAWS |
Jurisdiction under Council Regulation — Contract — Provision of services — Commercial agency contract — Performance in several member states — Determination of “place of performance” of contract — Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, art 5(1)(a)(b)
Wood Floor Solutions Andreas Domberger GmbH v Silva Trade SA ; (Case C-19/09)
[2010] WLR (D) 77
11/03/10
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Foreign judgment — Recognition — Judgment not to be recognised if contrary to public policy in requested state — Party excluded from proceedings on ground of non-compliance with earlier order in same proceedings — Circumstances where within public policy clause — Brussels Convention, art 27(1)
Gambazzi v DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc and another (Case C-394/07); [2008] WLR (D) 119
01/04/09
Jurisdiction — Anti-suit injunctions — Clause in agreement for exclusive jurisdiction in one EC member state — Injunction granted in that state to restrain proceedings commenced in another state — Whether permissible under Community law — Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, art 1(2)(d)
Allianz SpA and another v West Tankers Inc (Case C-185/07); [2009] WLR (D) 44
10/02/09
Jurisdiction under European Regulation — Several defendants — Action by ex-employee against former employers domiciled in different member states — Whether possible for both employers to be sued in same state — Council Regulation (EEC) No 44/2001, art 6(1), Section 5 of Chapter II
Glaxosmithkline and another v Rouard (Case C-462/06); [2008] WLR (D) 172
22/05/08
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| DATA PROTECTION |
Right for maker of database — Power to prevent extraction of contents of database — Meaning of “extraction” — European Parliament and Council Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases, art 7(2)(a)
Directmedia Publishing GmbH v Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Case C-304/07); [2008] WLR (D) 312
09/10/08
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| DISCRIMINATION |
Age — Employment — Automatic dismissal at retirement age and non-recruitment of retired persons — Whether contrary to Community law — Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, arts 3, 7, 30 — Council Directive 2000/78/EC on equal treatment in employment, art 6(1)
R (Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England)) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Case C-388/07); [2009] WLR(D) 82
05/03/09
Disability — Disabled person — Prohibition of direct discrimination against and harassment of employee on ground of disability — Whether only applicable when employee disabled or also when employee’s child disabled — Council Directive 2000/78/EC, arts 1, 2(1), (2)(a), (3)(1)(c)
Coleman v Attridge Law and another (Case C-303/06)
17/07/08
Race — Employment — Public statement of recruitment policy containing racial bias — No identifiable complainant — Whether discrimination under Community Directive — Possibility for employer to prove no breach of equal treatment principle — Sanctions for breach — Council Directive 2000/43/EC, arts 2(2)(a), 8(1), 15
Centrum voor gelijkheid van kansen en voor racismbestrijding v Firma Feryn NV (Case C-54/07); [2008] WLR (D) 234
10/07/08
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| EMPLOYMENT |
Working time provisions — Paid annual leave — Leave not taken in leave year by reason of illness — Whether continuing entitlement to paid leave or payment in lieu — European Parliament and Council Working Time Directive 2003/88/EC, art 7(1)(2)
Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs (Case C-520/06); Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (Case C-350/06); [2009] WLR (D) 13
20/01/09
Unfair dismissal — Pregnancy — Dismissal between in vitro fertilisation and implantation of fertilised ova — Whether dismissal of “pregnant worker” — Whether dismissal contrary to equal treatment principle — Council Directive 76/207/EEC, arts 2(1), 5(1) — Council Directive 92/85/EEC, art 10(1)
Mayr v Bäckerei und Konditorei Gerhard Flöckner OHG (Case C-506/06); WLR (D) 63
26/02/08
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| ENVIRONMENT |
Waste — “Polluter pays” principle — Coast polluted by heavy fuel oil spilled at sea — Whether oil “waste” — Liability for cost of anti-pollution measures — Council Directive 75/442/EEC (as amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC), arts 1, 15
Commune de Mesquer v Total France SA and another (Case C-188/07); [2008] WLR (D) 206
24/06/08
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| EUROPEAN COMMUNITY |
Consumer protection — Liability for defective products — Limitation period of ten years after product put into circulation — Action brought within period against defendant mistakenly thought to be manufacturer of product — Application after expiry of period for real manufacturer to be substituted as defendant — Whether national legislation permitting substitution precluded by Community Directive — Council Directive 85/374/EEC, art 11
O'Byrne v Aventis Pasteur SA(Case C-358/08); [2009] WLR (D) 352
02/12/09
Children — Care proceedings — Jurisdiction — Courts of state where child habitually resident having jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility — Whether decision to take child into case “civil matter” — Meaning of “habitual residence” — Extent of jurisdiction of courts in another member state to take protective measures — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 1(1), 8(1), 20(1)
Proceedings brought by A (Case C-523/07); [2009] WLR (D) 129
02/04/09
Council Regulation — Validity — Unpublished annex — Regulation laying down measures on aviation security — Articles prohibited on board aircraft listed in annex to Regulation — Annex not published in Official Journal — Whether binding — EC Treaty, art 254EC — Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, arts 2(3), 3(a) — Commission Regulation (EC) 622/2003 (as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) 68/2004), annex
Proceedings brought by Gottfried Heinrich (Case C – 345/06) [2009] WLR (D) 93
10/03/09
Environment — Genetically modified organisms — Deliberate release into environment — Public right of access to information on location of release — Meaning of “location of release” — Whether right restricted — European Parliament and Council Directive 2001/18/EC on genetically modified organisms (“GMOs”), art 25(4)
Commune de Sausheim v Azelvandre (Case C-552/07); [2009] WLR (D) 64
17/02/09
Freedom of establishment — Body corporate — Transfer of company seat to member state other than member state of incorporation — National legislation preventing such company retaining its status as company governed by law of state of incorporation — Whether infringing freedom of establishment — EC Treaty, art 43EC
Cartesio Oktató és Szolgáltató bt (a limited partnership) (Case C-210/06); [2008] WLR (D) 400
16/12/08
Free competition — Restriction or distortion of competition — Contribution by consultancy firm to cartel between producers — Firm not contracting party to cartel — Whether capable of infringement of competition law — EC Treaty, art 81
AC-Treuhand AG v Commission of the European Communities (Case T-99/04); [2008] WLR (D) 229
08/07/08
Institutions — Public right of access to documents — Legal advice exception — Whether automatically applicable to legal opinions in legislative process — Whether transparency an overriding public interest — Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001, art 4(2)
Kingdom of Sweden and another v Council of the European Union (Joined Cases C-39 and 52/05P); [2008] WLR (D) 215
01/07/08
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| REVENUEHUMAN RIGHTS |
Stateless persons — Subsidiary protection status — Real risk of serious harm — Serious and threat to applicant by reason of indiscriminate violence — Whether necessary for applicant to prove specific targeting by reason of individual circumstances — Council Directive 2004/83/EC, arts 2(e), 15(c)
Elgafaji and another v Staatssecretaris van Justitie (Case C-465/07); [2009] WLR (D) 59
17/02/09 |
| REVENUE |
Value added tax — Exemptions — Supply of services by “public postal services” — Private postal operator subject to VAT — Challenge to universal service provider’s exemption — Meaning of “public postal services” — Whether all universal service provider’s supplies exempt — Sixth VAT Council Directive 77/388/EEC, art 13(A)(1)(a)
R (TNT Post UK Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (Case C-357/07); [2009] WLR (D) 139
23/04/09
Value added tax — Taxable amount — Rounding of VAT amounts — Extent to which regulated by Community law — Whether level at which VAT amounts rounded regulated by Community law — Right to round down for VAT-exclusive sales not granted for VAT-inclusive sales — Whether contrary to principle of fiscal neutrality
JD Wetherspoon plc v Revenue and Customs Commissioners (Case C-302/07); [2009] WLR(D) 84
05/03/09
Income tax — Deduction from gross income of charitable donation only allowed if charity established in taxpayer’s state — Whether precluded by free movement of capital principle — EC Treaty, art 56EC
Persche v Finanzamt Lüdenscheid (Case C-318/07); [2009] WLR (D) 27
27/01/09
Value added tax — Exemptions — Services linked to sport supplied to persons taking part in sport — Whether “persons” including sports clubs or limited to individuals — Sixth VAT Council Directive 77/388/EEC, art 13(A)(1)(m), 13(A)(2)(b)
Canterbury Hockey Club and another v HM Revenue and Customs Commissioners (Case C-253/07); [2008] WLR (D) 321
16/10/08
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| TRADE MARK |
Proprietor’s rights — Products imitating well-known luxury perfumes — No likelihood of confusion — Whether likelihood of confusion necessary for taking unfair advantage of trade mark’s repute to be established — “Imitation or replica” of well-known mark — Whether proprietor entitled to prevent use of identical sign in comparative advertising — Council Directive 89/104/EEC, art 5(1)(a), (2) — Council Directive 84/450/EEC (as amended), art 3a(1)(g), (h)
L’Oréal SA and others v Bellure NV and others; (Case C-487/07)
[2009] WLR (D) 203
18/06/09
Registration — Invalidity — Declaration of invalidity of registration on ground of applicant’s bad faith — Criteria for ascertainment of bad faith — Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, art 51(1)(b)
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v Franz Hauswirth GmbH; (Case C-529/07)
[2009] WLR (D) 182
11/06/09
Revocation — “Genuine use” — Mark not put to genuine use liable to revocation — Mark affixed to promotional item given free to purchasers of other products of proprietor — Whether genuine use of mark — Council Directive 89/104/EEC on trade marks, art 12(1)
Silberquelle GmbH v Maselli-Strickmode GmbH (Case C-495/07); WLR(D) 6
ECJ
15/01/09
Proprietor’s rights —Trade mark with reputation — Protection against use of later identical or similar mark — Factors for consideration in deciding whether link between two marks giving rise to unfair advantage or detriment to distinctive character or repute of earlier mark — Council Directive 89/104/EEC, art 4(4)(a)
Intel Corpn Inc v CPM United Kingdom Ltd (Case C-252/07); [2008] WLR (D) 371
27/11/08
Proprietor’s rights — Limitations — Right to prevent use of sign identical or similar to registered mark — Whether extending to use of sign in comparative advertising — Council Directive 89/104/EEC, art 5 — Council Directive 84/450/EEC (as amended by Parliament and Council Directive 97/55/EC), art 3a(1)
O2 Holdings Ltd and another v Hutchison 3G UK Ltd (Case C-533/06); [2008] WLR (D) 193
12/06/08
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