In my August conflict of laws exams I asked the students the following question: In Case C-494/23 Maha, facts are as follows. On 19 August 2017, applicants purchased a motor vehicle in Germany. On 12 September 2017, the vehicle was seized by the Police of the Czech Republic on the ground that it is the … 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
On 21 September 2024, the New York Times reported Albania’s plan to create the State of Bektashi. Bektashi is a Muslim Shiite Sufi order founded in the 13th century in Turkey with its headquarters based in Albania since 1930. On 22 September 2024, Mr Edi Rama, the Prime Minister of Albania announced the same plan … Read more
Last Thursday the CJEU issued a new judgment in the saga of Swiss francs mortgage loan contracts (C-140/22 – there is no English language text available yet). It was a Polish court who asked for a clarification of a few issues related to voiding such contracts as a result of them containing an unfair contract … Read more
