International / Europe

• World Wild Life Fund Misses The Bus

• You can't have your rice and eat it

• A Vital Decision Which Affects Us All

• European Court makes vital decision about ciommunity waters and dredging

• Abusive Letter Leads To Grenada Dismissal

• Official can be removed from office for abusive letter writing

• Anti-Tyrant Terrorists Just As Bad

• Judge rules on terrorists in Uk planning action in foreign dictatorships

• Arbitrations and Unfair Terms

• Unfair terms in arbitrations

• Arbitrator's Powers Upheld

• Arbitrators shoud decide if they have jurisdiction and international arbitrations should be interpreted liberally

• Asylum Application Dropping

• Asylum applications fall and Home Office is proud

• Attorney General Backs Down

• Saudi Arabia blackmails Government?

• Border Controls To Be Reinforced

• Making it harder to get into the UK, the international way

• Border Guards get Fingerprints in Gatwick

• Gatwick was first port of call for new fingerprint testing technology

• Border Guards get Uniforms Nationally

• Gatwick was first port of call for new uniforms but now they are everywhere

• Border Guards get Uniforms in Gatwick

• Gatwick is first port of call for new uniforms

• Bounty Mutiny Descendants Subject to UK Courts?

• Proud desecendants of Bounty's Christian Must face UK Courts

• Breach of Service Rules - Lugano Convention

• Court knocks attempt to retain jurisdiction on head.

• Brussels Agenda - May 2006

• Brussels Agenda for May published

• Brussels Agenda April 2006

• Another useful Law Society newsletter

• Chagos Families Can Go Home?

• Islanders' rights upheld

• Challenging Decision to Prosecute - Trinidad & Tobago

• Prosecution decision can be reviewed

• Commonwealth Soldiers Get Citizen Rights

• Fighting for the UK has advantages for some Commonwealth service personnel

• Competition Law, The EU and UK Courts Considered by SPR

• SPR article about the way the EU Commission and the UK courts inter-relate on competition law matters

• Consilio on Burma

• Jane O'Hare comments on Burma's treatment of human rights activist

• Consumers' International Rights

• Credit card companies swoon

• Corruption and Dishonesty

• Virgin Islands Corruption Case

• Court of Appeal's Guidance on Enforcement Abroad

• Insolvency in EU Companies

• Cross Border Consumers Helped

• EU to help consumers avoid scams

• Cypriot Land Deal in English Courts

• Greek Cypriot fails in case about land in Turkish Cyprus

• Defective Foreign Judgement - To Ignore or Obey?

• If a foreign judgment was defective is it binding?

• Deportation - Detention Of Rapist Until Carrier Found

• Home Secretary has power to detain refugee if need to protect public

• Deportation - Secret Materials And Criminal Acts

• Considers both the powers of the court to see secret information and the loss of refugee status by subsequent acts

• Deportation Controls To Be Reinforced

• Making it harder to stay in the UK, the international way

• Disabled Human Rights Agreed at UN

• The UN helps the disabled

• Does Secrecy Constitute An Extradition Offence?

• Defendant extradited even though no criminal dishonesty

• EC Law - Hear All About It

• An excellent sound bite about EU Law from Consilio

• EU Can Chose Its Own Fine Determinator

• Company cannot avoid fine by running at a loss

• EU Court Guides Austrians About Jurisdiction

• When Austrians fall out, where do they sue?

• EU Courts - Where to Enforce Judgment?

• UK enforcement of foreign arbitration award

• EU Courts - Where to Sue?

• Got to be consensus about jurisdiction of courts

• EU Denounces Government Safety Laws

• Health & Safety laws not strict enough

• EU Immigration - Dependents

• EU dependents to be allowed to stay - how to decide?

• EU Immigration For EU Child With Non-EU Parents

• EU tightens immigration rules for non-EU parents of EU child

• EU Legislation on Employment

• Law Society summary of recent EU Employment laws

• EU Ruling on Taxation of Companies

• EU blocks another tax saving scheme

• EU Throws Record Industry Into Chaos

• Should the EU interfere with company mergers?

• Euro Court Allows Lawyers to Practise

• Does it matter if a lawyer cannot speak the language of the court where he appears?

• Euro Court on Medical Re-Packaging Case

• Re-Packaging case Opened Up by European Court

• European Decision About UK Pension Support Schemes

• UK Government pension protection scheme criticised by EU court

• European Family Law Harmanisation

• Harman comments on European Family Law

• Extradition Powers - What To Base Them On?

• Courts should refrain from hearing extra evidence when considering dual criminality

• Extradition To Rwanda After Time Limits Expire?

• Home Secretary does have powers to extend time limits for extradition

• Extradition Undertakings Acceptable

• Two alleged terrorists lose aextradition case

• Extradition and International Arrest Warrants Compared

• International Arrest warrant rules not the same as extradition

• Failed Asylum Seeker FailsTo Finds Loophole

• Not OK for failed asylum seeker to refuse to give travel info

• Fair Extradition Demanded By Courts

• Courts get tough with questionable extradition process

• False ID Cards Are Criminal

• No National ID Database yet, but you can already break the law

• Fingerprinting Protects Our Borders

• Home Office boasts of success since fingerprinting began

• Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings Have Priority?

• High Court Judge decides which bankruptcy court has precedence

• Forum Decides Quantum Calculation

• Foreign Accident case tried in UK gets UK damages quantum

• Government Interferes In Indian Legal System Too!

• And the UK government has a right to stick its nose into the Indian Legal System because ....?

• Government Sites Feature

• Parliament and the EU (our true government?) update their sites

• Government Wins Guantanamo Case

• Government does not have to support foreign "residents" of Guantanamo Bay's application to come to UK

• Holiday Info For Youngsters

• Government gives you more information than you ever wanted to know about going on holiday for the first time.

• Homeless Person Can Be Denied Benefits

• Loss of disability benefit through homelessness is not breach of human rights

• House of Lords Considers European Arrest Warrants

• European Arrest Warrants get a bit easier to enforce

• House of Lords and Racial Abuse

• Calling foreigners bloody is racial abuse

• How Early Is A Waste Disposal Licence Necessary?

• If a waste plant processes something which will eventually be disposed of, even if not simultaneously at the site, it needs a licence

• Human Rights Over-ruled by UN Resolution

• Human Rights Case ruled by UN Resolution

• Immigrant Children To Be Protected

• New duty to protect immigrant children from harm - a new duty?

• Immigration Forms Change

• New forms and procedures for applications to stay coming into force 2 April 2007

• Immigration and Benefits

• benefits for international applicants

• Immigration fees Go Up On 15 March 2007

• One day's notice of price hikes.

• International Cooperation in Criminal Matters

• Legal services around the world join to fight economic crime

• International MP3 Litigation

• Dominant Position in MP3 Market Considered

• International Patent Application Fails

• Judge refuses appeal after error in patent filing process

• Kenyan Judgment Enforcement

• Privy Council rules on enforecement of kenyan judgment with Isle of Man assets

• Language Tests for Permanent Visa Holders

• Visa holders setled here to be given language tests.

• Late Consultation About New Powers

• Government wakes up to is new EU consumer protection powers

• Law Society China Mission

• The Law Society spreads the good word in China

• Law Society Newsletter Feature 8

• Brussels Agenda, yet another excellent Law Society Publication

• Lawyers International Ahoy

• Law Society tries to expand UK influence

• Length of Service Justifying Extra Pay is Not Discriminatory

• Age and experience does justify extra pay

• MIB Limitation Period Too Short

• EU rules over-rule MIB limitation period

• Multi State Litigation - Decision in One Country Affecting Others?

• The decision of one country not to permit litigation against a defendant does not prevent applications elsewhere if applicable.

• Muslim Family Law Not Grounds For Asylum

• Woman loses asylum claim despite likelihood of loss of child

• National Identity Scheme Changes Its Spots

• Government opens ID scheme to tender deciding to use NI database instead of a fresh one.

• New EU Members Have Restricted Rights

• New EU workers will have rstricted rights

• New Immigration Officer Powers

• Illegal immigrants beware of new powers to the men in uniform

• New Regulations help to protect Intellectual Property

• A new Statutory Instrument helps international protecxtion of intellectual property

• New York, New York But No Security

• Arbitration internationally is risky - no orders for security for costs

• Procedure On Extending Time in Appeals When Lawyers At Fault

• Difficult case for CA when human rights and lawyers delay involved

• Pub Tenant Loses £131,000+

• House of Lords not bound by European Court all the time

• Radio Licence and Freedom

• The Privy Council decides a Trinidad licence application has to be dealt with fairly to protect rights

• Reusing Oil Is Not Using Waste

• Common sense prevails as to whether something with two uses is waste after first use.

• Revenue Takes on Carousel Fraud and Loses

• International VAT fraud defeats Inland Revenue

• Ryanair Forced to Change Terms

• RyanAir improves its terms after regulator pressure

• Scotland and English Asylum Courts

• Does SCotland have any control over English Asylum procedures?

• Scotslaw Info

• Introdcution to Scottish Law

• Security for Costs with Foreign Defendant

• How does the Court decide the amount to be paid by way of security when the Defendant gives flimsy information of assets.

• Service Out Of Jurisdiction Allowed Against Impecunious Defendant

• Courts allow service out of jurisdiction against defendant who was involved in fraud allegations and might have assets in UK in future.

• Services Directive To Benefit All!!

• Employment prospects improved by Services Directive

• Small Claims in Europe

• If you need to make a claim in Europe . . .

• Soldiers To Comply With HR Act Abroad

• Foreigners entitled to Human Rights protection when in hands of UK soldiers

• Suing English Mercenaries for Compensation - Where and How?

• Failed African coup not justiciable in UK

• Trade Mark Courts - EU or National Law to Take Precedence?

• EU rules against national courts and helps to define special circumstances

• Trademark War Over VIPS

• Should the first VIPS trademark be protected even if its a different country?

• UKLawyers Archive of International / Europe Materials March 2006

• All our materials in this category published in March 2006

• Unsurprising Trade Mark Case Sucks

• Vacuum cleaner case surely not entirely surprising

• VAT Fraud and the Innocent

• European Court of Justice fair with innocent traders involved in VAT fraud

• WWF Bites Euro Government

• If you've got a duty to disclose information you have a duty to record it too.

• What Can You Do If Your Government Breaches EU Law?

• Indivisual loses claim for enforcement of EU Law by damages

• Where To Sue Multiple International Defendants

• Old rules apply even if multiple international defendants are being sued on different bases

• Which Jurisdiction Has Priority In Employment Law?

• UK Court restraining Employment Case in New York