Chiara De Capitani (PhD) is a linguist agent at the European Commission and member of Amnesty International Belgique francophone’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (OSIG) coordination. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this paper are solely that of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy or opinion of the European Commission … Read more
Three Opinions of Vlas AG at the Dutch Supreme Court dated 5 April 2024 but published today discuss issues of applicable law in competition follow-on cases. See also my earlier posts on Air Cargo and Palink. CJEU authority cited includes Concurrence, Nintendo, Tibor Trans, CDC, flyLAL. ECLI:NL:PHR:2024:561 is the Palink case in the Truck Cartel: … Read more
This guest post was authored by Dr Mukarrum Ahmed, Barrister (Lincoln’s Inn), and Lecturer in Business Law & Director of PG Admissions at Lancaster University Law School. I am most grateful to Dr Ahmed for complementing my earlier post on the CJEU case discussed, Joined Cases C‑345/22 and C‑347/22 Maersk. According to the doctrine of … Read more
Nicholls & Anor v Mapfre Espana Compania De Seguros Y Reaseguros SA [2024] EWCA Civ 718 is the unsuccessful appeal against Sedgwick v Mapfre Espana Compania De Seguros Y Reaseguros Sa [2022] EWHC 2704 (KB) which I discuss here and against Nicholls v Mapfre and Sonia Woodward v Mapfre [2023] EWHC 1031 (KB) which I discuss … Read more
Stephen Weatherill Jacques Delors Professor of European Law (Emeritus), Faculty of Law and Somerville College, University of Oxford Photo: Lassana Diarra, by Рыбакова Елена, on Wikimedia Commons In preparing this paper I have benefited from discussion with and comments by (in alphabetical order) Jean-Louis Dupont, Peter Heermann, Guillermo Íñiguez, Jacob Kornbeck, Miguel Maduro, Petros … Read more
