“The Court of Justice is not a human rights court; it is the Supreme Court of the European Union.”

Geplaatst op door Marcus Wagemakers.

EU being a new creature of international law, certain amendments of the adherence rules had to be made to allow the EU’s accession to the ECHR. The treaties of the Union have been modified as well in order to include a provision that obliges the EU to accede to the ECHR as a legal basis for the act of accession. This article of the Treaty on the European Union contains also a limitation:

“Such accession shall not affect the Union’s competences as defined in the Treaties”. In the Opinion 2/13 from 18 December 2014, the CJEU interprets the art 6(2) as expressing a guarantee that the accession shall not restrict tasks and powers assigned to the CJEU by the Treaties. The neuralgic point of concern appears to be the art. 344 TFEU that obliges the Member States to submit disputes on the interpretation and application of the Treaties exclusively to the CJEU.DSC_0560

Member States and their courts, including the constitutional courts deal constantly with the issue of accurate interpretation and correct application of EU law and the solution to the problem of coherent and effective application relies on the preliminary ruling mechanism supported by art. 267 TFEU.

 

Advocatuur bijgepraat over modernisering rechtspraak

Geplaatst op door Marcus Wagemakers.

Hoge Raad

Hoge Raad

De rechtspraak moderniseert in rap tempo en dit heeft gevolgen voor de advocatuur. Daarom organiseerden de Rechtspraak en de Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten de afgelopen twee maanden informatiebijeenkomsten voor advocaten. Door het hele land zijn hierdoor bijna 2.000 advocaten geïnformeerd over de veranderingen binnen hun vakgebied.

Mother of German MH17 victim takes Ukraine to human rights court Woman has launched legal prceedings against Kiev for failing to close its airspace

Geplaatst op door Marcus Wagemakers.

The wreckage of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 July 18, 2014

By AFP

12:26AM GMT 30 Nov 2014

The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country’s airspace.

The woman, who lodged her complaint at the Strasbourg-based court “last week”, is suing Ukraine for 800,000 euros ($1 million) in damages for negligent homicide, the German Bild newspaper said.

The Boeing 777 exploded over insurgent-held east Ukraine on July 17, killing all 298 on board, 193 of them Dutch. Four were German, according to the airline.

 Kiev and the West have accused separatists of shooting it down with a surface-to-air missile supplied by Russia – a charge Moscow denies.

The plaintiff in the case claims that Ukraine should have closed its airspace to civilian flights when fighting raged in the east of the country, Bild reported.

Hoge Raad fiscale zaak

Geplaatst op door Marcus Wagemakers.

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Hoge Raad fiscale DSC_0578zaak, parallel lopend met de fiscale strafzaak.

Procesbelang.Rechtsmiddel ontvankelijk indien het de indiener in betere positie kan brengen. Wijze van verrekening van voorlopige verliesverrekeningen.

Hoge Raad casseert.

Belanghebbende heeft de zaak bij de Hoge Raad doen toelichten door Marcus Wagemakers

Prejudiciële vraag HR aan HvJEU over erkenning Bulgaars vonnis in Nederland

Geplaatst op door Marcus Wagemakers.

HR 20 december 2013, ECLI:NL:HR:2013:2062 (Diageo/Simiramida)

De Hoge Raad stelt aan het HvJEU de prejudiciële vraag of de erkenning van een Bulgaars vonnis dat evident in strijd is met het Unierecht, kan worden geweigerd met een beroep op de openbare orde-exceptie van art. 34 sub 1 EEX-verordening, en of hieraan in de weg staat dat tegen dat vonnis in Bulgarije geen rechtsmiddel is aangewend.

Simiramida werd in cassatie bijgestaan door Marcus Wagemakers