Today the Court of Justice has delivered a truly remarkable judgment that I am eager to share with readers of this blog (available here, even though for now only in French and Latvian). The decision concerned a contract concluded between “A”, a professional in the business of offering career development services for sports talents, and … Read more
Matteo Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London) Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c) Matteo Zamboni On Tuesday 25 February 2025 I attended the Grand Chamber … Read more
At the end of January, the CJEU delivered another judgment interpreting Directive 2008/48 on Consumer Credit. In C-677/23 A. B., F. B. v Slovenská sporitel’ňa a.s. consumers alleged that the credit contract did not contain all the necessary elements provided by the Directive. The dispute thus involved the interpretation of Article 10 (2), which provided the mandatory content for the credit contract. Two … Read more
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash Welcome back for the second part of the C-590/23 Pelham II hearing commentary. In part one (here), we covered the interpretation of pastiche. However, a very interesting topic arose in the Court’s pre-emptive questions, and during the oral questions: the interaction of “pastiche” with Article 17 CDSM Directive. This … Read more
Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash On 14 January 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) heard oral arguments in the much-anticipated case C-590/23 Pelham II, where the German Federal Court submitted a request for preliminary ruling on the interpretation of “pastiche”. The purpose was to ascertain whether a two-second sample from … Read more