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Happy Flights v Ryanair. Belgian Supreme Court (only) confirms proper lex causae for validity of choice of court under Article 25 Brussels Ia (GAVC Law)
Author: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publication date: 11/03/2019 Thank you alumna and appreciated co-author Jutta Gangsted for flagging Charles Price’s (former learned colleague of mine at Dibb Lupton Alsop) and Sébastien Popijn’s alert on the Belgian Supreme Court’s ruling of 8 February last in C.18.0354.N Happy Flights v Ryanair. Happy Flights are a Belgium-based online claim agency to which disgruntled passengers…
Lees meerDES v Clarins. The law applicable to ending commercial agency (GAVC Law)
Author: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publication date: January 2019 DES v Clarins. The law applicable to ending commercial agency: Granarolo (and Rome I’s /Rome Convention’s overriding /mandatory law rules) applied by Paris Court of Appeal./ In RG 16/05579 DES v Clarins (I have a copy on file for those finding it difficult to get access)…
Lees meerForget what you have read. Szpunar AG does not restrict EU ‘Right to be forgotten’ / data protection laws to European territory (GAVC Law)
Author: GAVC Law Publication date: 15/01/2019 I have previously reported extensively on various national and European developments re the right to have search results delisted, more popularly referred to as the ‘right to be forgotten’ (‘RTBF’ – a product of the CJEU in Google Spain) and its territorial limits. (Search string ‘Google’ or ‘rtbf’ ought to…
Lees meerAltun: Fraud and social dumping. The CJEU emphasises the double sides of the mutual trust coin (GAVC Law)
Auteur: GAVC Law Date of publication: 02/06/2018 When I reported on Saugmandsgaard ØE’s Opinion in C-359/16 Altun, I emphasised the issue of mutual trust. I noted that the AG effectively flipped the coin: sincere co-operation requires sincerity on both sides (my words, not the AG’s). The AG had recalled the Halifax case-law of the CJEU: EU law cannot be relied on…
Lees meerThe High Court on the right to be forgotten. Precise terms of delisting order to be finalised (GAVC Law)
Auteur: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publicatiedatum: 24/04/2018 In [2018] EWHC 799 the High Court granted one and refused another delisting request, otherwise known as the ‘right to be forgotten’ following the CJEU’s judgment in Google Spain. Of interest to data protection lawyers Of interest to data protection lawyers is Warby J’s excellent review of the…
Lees meerGedwongen overdracht van aandelen : welke rechtbank is bevoegd in een grensoverschrijdende context? (LegalNews.be)
Auteur: LegalNews.be Publicatiedatum: 08/03/2018 Een Tsjechische NV gaat over tot overdracht van alle effecten die een deelnemingsrecht vertegenwoordigen (aandelen en certificaten) aan de meerderheidsaandeelhouder, een Duitse holding. De basis van de discussie: de Tsjechische wetgeving inzake gedwongen overdracht. Het Tsjechisch vennootschapsrecht bepaalt: 1. dat de houder van effecten die een deelnemingsrecht in een vennootschap vertegenwoordigen…
Lees meerWathelet AG in Dědouch : Interpretation of the exlusive jurisdictional rule for corporate issues in the case of squeeze-out (GAVC Law)
Auteur: Geert Van Calster (GAVC Law) Publicatiedatum: 24/11/2017 In C-560/16 Dědouch, Wathelet AG Opined last week, on the scope of the exclusive jurisdictional rule of (now) Article 24(2) of Regulation 1215/2012. The issue arose in proceedings between Michael Dědouch et al, a group of minority shareholders on the one hand, and Jihočeská plynárenská a.s. (established in the Czech Republic)…
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