The landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice invalidating the Safe Harbour agreement with the United States will have a broad impact on business, but don’t expect any immediate action. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has confirmed that it will give companies time to get new data transfer agreements in place, … Continue reading
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EU migrants can be refused benefits, in some circumstances
An opinion coming from one of Europe’s most senior lawyers may impact on the UK election and throw into question what rights European migrants have in their host countries. Following hot on the heels of last year’s European Court of Justice decision in Dano -v- Jobcenter Leipzig, the latest opinion of the Advocate General has suggested that if a … Continue reading
European Court ends ‘benefit tourism’
On 11 November 2014, I joined the BBC News team to discuss the case of Elisabeta Dano, who brought her case against Jobcenter Leipzig following a refusal to make a ‘basic provision’ payment. Speaking ahead of the judgment, which later confirmed that economically inactive EU citizens who go to another Member State solely in order to … Continue reading
UK fund managers face biggest hit from EU bonus cap
Caps on bonuses paid to fund managers proposed by European lawmakers may prompt British investment houses, which have most to lose from the new rules, to look at new structures such as profit sharing partnerships favoured by law firms, experts say. “Kevin Poulter, a senior associate at lawyers Bircham Dyson Bell warned of an … Continue reading