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Prohibiting Islamic headscarf and other religious signs at workplace isn’t discriminatory; ECJ backs up political, ideological and religious neutrality policy

European Court of Justice: In a landmark ruling the Grand Chamber comprising of composed of K. Lenaerts, President, R. Silva de Lapuerta,

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Victims of human trafficking working as gardeners in cannabis factory. Can they be prosecuted for such criminal offence? ECHR’s momentous ruling

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): Chamber composed of Yonko Grozev, President, Tim Eicke, Faris Vehabović, Iulia Antoanella Motoc, Armen Harutyunyan, Pere

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YouTube and other online platforms aren’t liable for copyright infringing uploads made ‘autonomously’ by users; ECJ favours YouTube in a major Copyright battle

European Court of Justice (ECJ): In a landmark Copyright case, the Grand Chamber composed of K. Lenaerts, President, R. Silva de Lapuerta,

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[Equal Pay for Equal Work] ECJ holds TESCO stores are single-source/employer for its different distribution centers; pay gap between workers of a different sex can hit by EU laws

European Court of Justice (ECJ): The Second Chamber composed of A. Arabadjiev, President of the Chamber, A. Kumin, T. von Danwitz (Rapporteur),

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[Privacy Infringement] ECJ authorizes the Member States to lift “one-stop shop” veil, making Facebook and other Tech giants vulnerable to potential sanctions in EU

European Court of Justice (ECJ): In a long-fought battle against Facebook the Belgian Data Protection Authority had secured a major win. The

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ECJ | Denmark’s top toy manufacturer, Lego obtains design rights for its disputed building block toy set against its German competitor, Delta Sport

General Court (Second Chamber): The Bench comprising of V. Tomljenović, President, F. Schalin and I. Nõmm (Rapporteur), JJ., settles the design right

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Victims of trafficking deserve protection not prosecution; European Court of Human Rights holds conduct of United Kingdom “unfair” towards victims

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): In an interesting case regarding child trafficking the Fourth Section of ECHR had came up with a

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CCJ | Whether a Magistrate in the Commonwealth of Dominica has jurisdiction to determine a charge of treating against a duly elected and sitting member of the House of Assembly, or it must be determined by High Court, by way of an election petition?

Caribbean Court of Justice: A Full Bench of Justice Saunders, Wit, Anderson, Rajnauth-Lee, Barrow and Jamadar dismissed the appeal being devoid of

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Real Madrid and Barcelona state-aid case, European Court of Justice says the football clubs unlawfully availed tax break for 20 years

European Court of Justice (ECJ): The Court of Justice comprising of E. Regan (Rapporteur), K. Lenaerts, President, M. Ilešič, C. Lycourgos and

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Is there any legal basis in Antigua and Barbuda for imposition of suspended sentences? Read in regards to imposition of sentence for sexual intercourse offence with a girl below 14 years

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, In the Court of Appeal: The Bench of Davidson Kelvin Baptiste (Justice of Appeal), Mde. Gertel Thom (Justice

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“Penalising Silence”, insider trading suspect can refuse to answer incriminating questions; European Court of Justice upholds right to silence

European Court of Justice: The Grand Chamber presided by K. Lenaerts, President, addressed the reference question concerning interpretation of Articles 47 and

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Norwegian Data Protection Authority issues fine on an organisation for unlawfully setting up automatic forwarding of an employee’s e-mails

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has fined an organization EUR 40 000 (NOK 400,000) for unlawfully setting up automatic forwarding of an

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13 years later, ECHR holds Russia responsible for human rights violations in the “August War” of 2008 with Georgia || Detailed Report

European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber): In its judgment delivered on 21st January, the Grand Chamber of ECHR, after detailed deliberation

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Laws which criminalise “being a vagabond or homeless” are contrary to the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights

African Court on Human and People’s Rights: While deliberating upon a request for Advisory Opinion filed by the Pan African Lawyers Union

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CCJ | Whether an application seeking to challenge the maintainability of ‘substantive appeal’ is itself maintainable or not? Court determines

Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ): A Full Bench of J Wit, M. Rajnauth-Lee and P. Jamadar JJ. dismissed the application for special

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EU-US Privacy Shield declared invalid for not providing adequate data protection of European citizens from US surveillance activities

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ICJ rules in the interest of Qatar over its airspace dispute against the Gulf Nations

International Court of Justice (ICJ):With an overwhelming majority of 15:1, the ICJ rejected the appeal filed by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and

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Enrica Lexie Incident| Italy must compensate India for loss of life and material damage; however India is precluded from exercising its criminal jurisdiction over Italian marines involved in the incident

Permanent Court of Arbitration: In an unanimous decision by the Arbitral Tribunal concerning the “Enrica Lexie Incident”, it was held that Italy

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ECHR | Flash mobs are “peaceful assembly” of people; staging demonstration without prior authorisation does not necessarily justify interfering with a person’s right to freedom of assembly

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR): A Seven Judge Bench of Paul Lemmens (President), Georgios A. Serghides, Helen Keller, Dmitry Dedov, María

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ITLOS | Tribunal accedes to the request of Mauritius and Maldives to form a special chamber of 9 judges to deal with dispute concerning delimitation of their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Jin-Hyun Paik (President) having regard to Article 15 of the Statute of the Tribunal

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Prohibiting Islamic headscarf and other religious signs at workplace isn’t discriminatory; ECJ backs up political, ideological and religious neutrality policy

Victims of human trafficking working as gardeners in cannabis factory. Can they be prosecuted for such criminal offence? ECHR’s momentous ruling

YouTube and other online platforms aren’t liable for copyright infringing uploads made ‘autonomously’ by users; ECJ favours YouTube in a major Copyright battle

[Equal Pay for Equal Work] ECJ holds TESCO stores are single-source/employer for its different distribution centers; pay gap between workers of a different sex can hit by EU laws

[Privacy Infringement] ECJ authorizes the Member States to lift “one-stop shop” veil, making Facebook and other Tech giants vulnerable to potential sanctions in EU

ECJ | Denmark’s top toy manufacturer, Lego obtains design rights for its disputed building block toy set against its German competitor, Delta Sport

Victims of trafficking deserve protection not prosecution; European Court of Human Rights holds conduct of United Kingdom “unfair” towards victims

CCJ | Whether a Magistrate in the Commonwealth of Dominica has jurisdiction to determine a charge of treating against a duly elected and sitting member of the House of Assembly, or it must be determined by High Court, by way of an election petition?

Real Madrid and Barcelona state-aid case, European Court of Justice says the football clubs unlawfully availed tax break for 20 years

Is there any legal basis in Antigua and Barbuda for imposition of suspended sentences? Read in regards to imposition of sentence for sexual intercourse offence with a girl below 14 years

“Penalising Silence”, insider trading suspect can refuse to answer incriminating questions; European Court of Justice upholds right to silence

Norwegian Data Protection Authority issues fine on an organisation for unlawfully setting up automatic forwarding of an employee’s e-mails

13 years later, ECHR holds Russia responsible for human rights violations in the “August War” of 2008 with Georgia || Detailed Report

Laws which criminalise “being a vagabond or homeless” are contrary to the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights

CCJ | Whether an application seeking to challenge the maintainability of ‘substantive appeal’ is itself maintainable or not? Court determines

EU-US Privacy Shield declared invalid for not providing adequate data protection of European citizens from US surveillance activities

ICJ rules in the interest of Qatar over its airspace dispute against the Gulf Nations

Enrica Lexie Incident| Italy must compensate India for loss of life and material damage; however India is precluded from exercising its criminal jurisdiction over Italian marines involved in the incident

ECHR | Flash mobs are “peaceful assembly” of people; staging demonstration without prior authorisation does not necessarily justify interfering with a person’s right to freedom of assembly

ITLOS | Tribunal accedes to the request of Mauritius and Maldives to form a special chamber of 9 judges to deal with dispute concerning delimitation of their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean

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