EU Case Law

The Member State that issued a European arrest warrant is required to consider, for the purposes of deducting the period of detention served in the executing Member State, whether the measures taken against the person concerned in the executing State have the effect of depriving a person of liberty. In this judgment, the Court observes that the concept of ‘detention’, which appears in the...

On 19th July 2016, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Øe delivered his opinion on Joined Cases C-698/15 R (Davis, Watson, Brice & Lewis) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and C-203/15...

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Amtsgericht München (Germany) lodged on 18 April 2016. The Court released its judgment on the 22nd of March 2017. Parties to the main proceedings:...

The public prosecutor’s office, Hamburg (Germany), accuses Mr Piotr Kossowski of having committed, in Hamburg, the offence of extortion with aggravating factors. However, the Landgericht Hamburg...

This reference for a preliminary ruling was made by the Regional Court of the Budapest metropolitan area (Budapest Környéki Törvényszék) in a special procedure for the recognition of the effects...

On 1 June 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered its judgment in Case C-241/15 (Bob-Dogi), which clarified interesting legal aspects on the need for the existence of...

On 24 May 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered its judgment in case C-108/16 PPU (Openbaar Ministerie v Paweł Dworzecki). The preliminary ruling was requested by...