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 […]

This morning while struggling to beat off my cold enough to get out of bed at least, I listened to a discussion on BBC Radio 4’sToday programme about what action, if any, can be taken to prevent supermarkets selling booze […]

The Reform Treaty, or Treaty of Lisbon as perhaps I should get used to calling it, is big news again, as the European Union (Amendment) Bill to give effect to it has its second reading today. Here are the […]

At the weekend I missed a Comment is Free piece by Leo Hickman, giving an insight into the strage but fun world of European food law on protected designations of origin: you know, parmesan cheese,

An excellent and helpful post on EU Law Blog earlier this week set out the way the Reform Treaty categorises the competences of the EU under three broad headings: those things only the EU will have power to do […]

Just before the Christmas blog-break, ECJ blog reported the extension on the “Schengen agreement” to cover 9 of the 2004 “Accession 10” member states – all except Cyprus, which hopes to join later.

Basically this means you can […]

Earlier this week the ECJ gave its ruling in case C-438/05 International Transport Workers’ Federation and Finnish Seamen’s Union v Viking Line – often simply called the Viking Line case. It’s the case Lord Wedderburn was […]

I’m quite a fan of podcasts (I go walking in London’s parks with them) and am a great admirer of those bloggers who produce them – notably Charon QC – so I’m well chuffed to be his […]

I’ve left it far, far too long before commenting on the important “ship-source” pollution case in which the European Court of Justice gave its ruling a few weeks ago. Remiss of me. But even if the delay means I’ve […]

The Lords have given judgment today in R (Countryside Alliance) v Attorney General. There were two appeals in fact: one by huntsmen and landowners heavily engaged in the hunting “lifestyle” so to speak, who argued that the […]