by admin | Apr 21, 2020 | EU
The European Union aims to provide the highest level of protection to consumers, as established by Article 169(1) and point (a) of Article 169(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) . It is with this aim in mind that the EU enacts...
by admin | Feb 19, 2020 | EU, Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights lambasted the Maltese courts in a decision published last week whereby it held that the delay by the Constitutional Court in expediting constitutional redress proceedings which were instituted in 2016 meant that the fundamental...
by admin | Feb 14, 2020 | Airlines, EU
A recent interesting decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union concerned the liability or otherwise of an airline for harm caused to a passenger due to the spilling of coffee during a flight. The case was filed by a young girl who was seeking compensation...
by admin | Oct 7, 2019 | Data Protection, EU, GDPR
On the 24th September 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in Case No C-507/17 in the names ‘Google LLC v Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertes (CNIL)’ that the ‘right to be forgotten’ principle is limited to the EU...
by admin | Sep 11, 2019 | Consumer Rights, EU, Human Rights, Landlords, Property, Rent
European Court of Human Rights lambasts the Maltese Constitutional Courts for failing give an effective remedyThe prevailing recent judgments delivered by the Maltese Superior Courts act as a testament to the fact that the Courts of Malta have began to crystallize...
by admin | Jun 25, 2019 | Employee Rights, EU
Member States of the EU must require employers to set up a system to measure hours worked daily.The Court of Justice of the European Union has recently ruled on whether a Member State should have in place a law to oblige employers to set up a system to measure hours...
