Scottish Human Rights Law Group

This Order declares that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Convention”), was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 13th December 2006, and signed by the United Kingdom and the European Community on 30th March 2007, to be one of the Community Treaties as defined by section 1(2) of the European Communities Act …

EU Law

 
Structural impartiality and the French commercial court
 
The defenders sought to appeal against the pursuer’s registration, pursuant to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and the Brussels Convention, for enforcement in Scotland of a judgment of the Cour d’Appel de Bordeaux. The defenders contended that French tribunals and commercial courts in general, and the Tribunal de Commerce in particular, lacked …

Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, EU Law, International Law

This was the first case in which the European Court of Justice acknowledged that fundamental rights were recognised by EC law.

EU Law, Misc.

The European Court of Justice held that they cannot uphold Community measures which are incompatible with fundamental rights recognised and provided by the constitutions of member states and several international treaties.
 

EU Law

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Agricultural & Fisheries Law, Art. 02 Right to Life, Art. 03 Prohibition of Torture, Art. 04 Freedom from Slavery, Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 09 Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Art. 11 Freedom of Assembly and Association, Art. 12 Right to Marry and Found a Family, Art. 13 Effective Remedy, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Art. 17 Abuse of Rights, Art. 34 Victim Status, Art. 41 Just Satisfaction, Asylum & Immigration Law, Child & Family Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial and Corporate Law, Competition Law, Consumer Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Discrimination Law, EU Law, Ecclesiastical Law and Freedom of Religion, Education Law, Employment and Industrial Relations Law, Environmental and Planning Law, Events, Health and Safety Law, Housing and Homelessness Law, Inheritance and Trusts Law, Insolvency and Personal Bankruptcy, Insurance Law, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Licensing Law, Media Law, Medical Law, Mental Health, Misc., News, Pensions Law, Police Law, Prisons Law, Property Law, Protocol 1, Art. 1 Right to Private Property, Protocol 1, Art. 2 Right to Education, Protocol 1, Art. 3 Right to Free and Fair Elections, Public Procurement, Regulatory and Disciplinary Law, Social Security Law, Sports Law, Taxation