Current Awareness

Salgado González v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2013 in EC law, law reports, migrant workers, pensions, social services by sally

Salgado González v Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) and another (Case C-282/11); [2013] WLR (D) 80

“Article 48FEU of the FEU Treaty and articles 3, 46(2)(a) and 47(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (as amended), precluded legislation of a member state under which the theoretical amount of the retirement pension of a self-employed worker, migrant or non-migrant, was invariably calculated on contribution bases paid by that worker over a fixed reference period preceding the payment of his last contribution in that member state, to which a fixed divisor was applied, when it was impossible for either the duration of that period or the divisor to be adapted so as to take account of the fact that the worker concerned had exercised his right to freedom of movement.”

WLR Daily, 21st February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Regina v Asmelash – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2013 in alcohol abuse, appeals, crime, defences, homicide, law reports, murder by sally

Regina v Asmelash [2013] EWCA Crim 157; [2013] WLR (D) 79

“There was nothing in the new statutory provisions relating to the partial defence to murder of loss of self control to suggest that Parliament intended that the normal rules which applied to voluntary intoxication should not apply. That did not mean that a defendant who had been drinking was deprived of the loss of control defence, it just meant that the defence had to be approached without reference to the defendant’s voluntary intoxication.”

WLR Daily, 22nd February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Davis and another v Price and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2013 in appeals, bankruptcy, costs, individual voluntary arrangements, insolvency, law reports by sally

Davis and another v Price and another [2013] EWHC 323 (Ch); [2013] WLR (D) 78

“Statutory demands served in respect of the liability for a debt created by an order for costs were subject to the terms of individual voluntary arrangements (‘IVAs’) proposed by the debtors and approved by creditors and therefore they should be set aside.”

WLR Daily, 21st February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

N v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtt – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2013 in EC law, education, freedom of movement, law reports, social security by sally

N v Styrelsen for Videregående Uddannelser og Uddannelsesstøtt (Case C-46/12); [2013] WLR (D) 77

“On the proper interpretation of articles 7(1) and 24(2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38, a European Union citizen who pursued a course of study in a host member state whilst at the same time engaging in effective and genuine employment activities such as to confer on him the status of ‘worker’ within the meaning of article 45FEU of the FEU Treaty could not be refused maintenance aid for studies which was granted to the nationals of that member state.”

WLR Daily, 21st February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Banif Plus Bank Zrt v Csipai and another – WLR Daily

Posted February 26th, 2013 in consumer protection, EC law, law reports, loans, unfair contract terms by sally

Banif Plus Bank Zrt v Csipai and another (Case C-472/11); [2013] WLR (D) 76

“A national court, in order to fulfil its obligation pursuant to articles 6(1) and 7(1) of Council Directive 93/13/EEC, to assess of its own motion whether a contractual term in a consumer contract was unfair and to establish all the consequences arising under national law of such a finding, was not obliged before giving its ruling to wait for a consumer, who had been fully informed of his rights, to submit a statement requesting that that term be declared invalid.”

WLR Daily, 21st February 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

‘Wednesbury’ unreasonableness correct test for screening direction challenges, says Court of Appeal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 26th, 2013 in appeals, environmental protection, judicial review, local government, news, planning by sally

“When deciding whether an environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening direction by the Secretary of State (SoS) was lawful, the appropriate test to apply is the Wednesbury unreasonableness test, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”