Tyco: Travel, Working Time, Wages and the Route to Casualisation
As casualisation strategies proliferate in the wake of the global crisis, techniques are being devised to exclude discrete time-periods from the working day. Travel time is a disputed zone, especially...
USDAW v Ethel Austin in the ECJ
The recent judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-80/14, USDAW v Woolworths (30 April 2015) is a further indication that social Europe is no longer its cherished offspring....
One May Not Retain Personal Data Forever: The Judgment in Google Spain
The Court of Justice of the European Union recently held in Google Spain that an individual may, in some cases, request that Google take down personal information from its search...
CJEU Holds the Data Retention Directive Invalid
In joined cases C-293/12 and C-594/12, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Directive 2006/24/EC on the retention of data by service providers for the purposes of...
The CJEU’s Ruling in AMS and the Horizontal Effect of the Charter
In its judgment in AMS (15 January 2014), the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on whether the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the...
XYZ or HJ: How do EU and UK refugee law stack up on identity issues?
The purpose of refugee law is to give sanctuary to people fleeing persecution because of some aspect of their identity. But to what extent, if at all, should people be...
When does the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights apply? The case of Fransson and why we should care
The recognition of fundamental rights as part of the general principles of EU law by the Court of Justice of the EU is not novel. The Court had already accepted...
Kadi II: Fundamental Rights and International Terrorism
In its judgment in Kadi II (18 July 2013), the Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber) sought to ascertain the content of procedural rights of suspected terrorists...
