A remarkable ruling last week from the ECJ in case C-506/06 Mayr v Flöckner, which extends the concept of sex discrimination under the Equal Treatment Directive, 76/207, to cover unfavourable treatment of a woman because she is […]

Last week the UK failed in its attempts to reopen and change the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to the deportation of terror suspects: in the case of Saadi v Italy, in which the […]

According to the Guardian he’s hoping for a late surge, by copying the campaign technique of the Pakistani President. Let’s hope he meets with similar success!

Something else I missed last week was this interesting Employment Appeal Tribunal case, dealing with the fairness of a dismissal during paternity leave. I spotted it because of a note posted at Lexology by Louise Fernandes […]

EU Law Blog has an interesting post about this case, which more or less says anyone can get an administrative decision reopened and changed following a subsequent ECJ judgment that shows it’s wrong: the only limit is […]

He wasn’t impressed by yesterday’s Lib Dem performance.

It’s Groundhog Day again, as I watch yet more debate on the EU (Amendment) Bill. Early this afternoon the debate was about climate change and the environment, and was blissfully light on Europaranoia.

But this evening Dominic Grieve, shadow […]

This is the week the Freedom of Information Act 2000 finally bit: politicians and the public now know it’s not simply a joke but can force previously confidential information to be released. There have been two important rulings: the

This morning the European Court of Human Rights heard this case, about the UK’s DNA database: Messrs. S and Marper argue that keeping their DNA on the database is in breach of their rights under article 8 of the ECHR […]

The interminable and frustrating debate on the Lisbon was livened up this afternoon by a major spat between the Liberal Democrats and the Deputy Speaker, Sir Michael Lord. Ed Davey was unhappy I think that a Lib Dem amendment hadn’t […]