On the Sri Lankan Supreme Court’s Election Commission Decision The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is riding a wave of praise after completing a peaceful presidential election on 21st September 2024. Less than a month before, however, the commission was found responsible for a breach of fundamental rights for its failure to conduct local government … Read more
Author: Maryna Manteghi, PhD researcher, University of Turku, Finland. Photo credit: rjcastillo, via Wikimedia commons Introduction The new EU Data Act Regulation, which constitutes one of the essential elements of the European strategy for data, entered into force on 11 January 2024 and will become applicable in September 2025. … Read more
Reports suggest Turkey is in the process of applying for membership of the BRICS group. Mustafa Kutlay writes that while joining the group would reflect Turkey’s “multi-alignment” strategy, it would complicate the country’s relationship with the West. There is never a dull moment in Turkish politics. On 2 September, Bloomberg reported Turkey had formally applied … Read more
Case C-326/22 Z arose regarding Article 16(1) of Directive 2008/48/EC on consumer credit and the right to early loan repayment, which provides consumers with a right to repay their loan early and to the costs of the loan reduced accordingly. The facts Six consumers assigned to Z their claims regarding 15 consumer credit contracts that were repaid early, who … Read more
On 11 April 2024, AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion in NFŠ (C-28/23, EU:C:2024:306). The NFŠ Opinion is very interesting in three respects. First, in addressing some aspects of the definition of public works contracts that keep coming up in litigation in relation to relatively complex real estate transactions. Second, in addressing the effects of … Read more