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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: May airlines use T&Cs to prohibit passengers from assigning their rights to claim damages? – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: May airlines use T&Cs to prohibit passengers from assigning their rights to claim damages? – Go Health Pro

In today’s Air Europa Lineas Aéreas judgment (C-173/23) the CJEU looked into the application of the Unfair Contract Terms Directive (UCTD) to contracts concluded between air passengers and air carriers. Specifically, the passenger in case suffered damages as a result of a delay in receiving his checked-in baggage. He assigned his claim for damages against the … Read more

Cumulation of design and copyright protection under Italian law: is the Italian Supreme Court’s approach in line with the CJEU case law? – Part Two – Go Health Pro

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Cumulation of design and copyright protection under Italian law: is the Italian Supreme Court’s approach in line with the CJEU case law? – Part Two – Go Health Pro

  Earlier this year, the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) issued an order (Cass., ord. no.11413/2024) in a case concerning the protection by copyright of a lamp design. Part I of this post outlined the decisions issued as the case made its way through the Italian court system. Part II will now turn to the … Read more

Distinction, Integration or Extension from ‘Mainstream’ EU law? – Go Health Pro

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Distinction, Integration or Extension from ‘Mainstream’ EU law? – Go Health Pro

  Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Luxofluxo, via Wikimedia Commons   Introduction While attention has been focussed on the overhaul of EU law on asylum – which I have analysed in an upcoming article, reflected in an 8-part series of blog posts, starting here – the CJEU has been delivering … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Unintentionally becoming an apparent producer – Go Health Pro

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Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Unintentionally becoming an apparent producer – Go Health Pro

AG Campos Sánchez-Bordona elaborated today on the notion of a producer under the Product Liability Directive (Directive 85/374) in the case Ford Italia (C-157/23). A consumer in this case purchased a Ford Mondeo car from Stracciari, Ford’s dealer in Italy. The car itself was manufactured by Ford WAG, a German company, which used another company, … Read more

Recent developments in European Consumer Law: Validity of limitation periods for claiming mortgage costs back from banks – Go Health Pro

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While many consumer lawyers are currently busy analysing the details of the opinion of AG Emiliou in Compass Banca case (C-646/22) (and we will add our own analysis of it in the coming days, too), on the same day (April 25) two judgments were issued by the CJEU clarifying the consequences of terms’ unfairness on restitution … Read more

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