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Choice of law in the light of EU legislation

  • Holec Zuska & Partners
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  • Czech Republic, European Union
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  • May 24 2013

In recent years, there has been a rise of contracts concluded between parties having registered seat in different countries or involving cross-border

Implementation of European evidence warrant

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union
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  • February 11 2013

A bill implementing the Council Framework Decision on the European evidence warrant ("EEW") was published on 10 January 2013. It is not yet known

Foreign pre-marriage contracts

  • Kingsley Napley
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • November 29 2011

European pre-marriage contracts are related but not identical to English prenuptial agreements, as explained by Charlotte Bradley in a previous blog titled: ‘The European marriage contract a different animal to the pre-nup?’

In-house lawyers cannot represent their company before the European court

  • A&L Goodbody
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  • European Union
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  • March 13 2012

In a recent case, Prezes Urzedu Komunikacji Elektronicznej v European Commission, Case T-22610, the European General Court (EGC) held that the application before it was inadmissible on the grounds that it was made by in-house lawyers of the applicant

ECJ: applicants for subsidiary protection need not prove individual risk if returned to country of origin

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • February 20 2009

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled on a question referred by a Dutch national court aiming to clarify whether, according to the relevant provisions of Directive 200483EC, an applicant for subsidiary protection had to prove that they were specifically targeted in their country of origin due to their own particular circumstances

The right to counsel during police interrogation: ongoing debate

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • July 3 2009

On 27 November and 11 December 2008, the ECHR rendered two decisions which concern a sensitive issue in the Netherlands: a suspect’s right to be represented by counsel during police interrogation

The EU Maintenance Regulation 42009 - harmony in Europe

  • Penningtons Solicitors LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • March 7 2012

The free movement of families within the European Union has brought the need for ways of enforcing maintenance payments across international borders sharply into focus

It's a privilege

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • European Union, United Kingdom
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  • January 25 2013

The Supreme Court has today ruled that legal advice privilege should not extend beyond the legal profession. This is an important decision and

New directive strengthening the protection of victims of crime throughout the European Union

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union
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  • November 30 2012

The directive 201229EU of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001220JHA was published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 14 November 2012

Access to legal counsel during police interrogations

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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  • European Union, Netherlands
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  • July 12 2011

On 8 June 2011 a draft EU directive regarding the right of suspects to legal counsel before and during police interrogations was sent to the Council and the European Parliament