Case C-27/16. Sex discrimination

Must Article [14](1)(c) of Directive 2006/54 on the implementation of the principle of equal...

ECJ 7 April 2016, case C-5/15 (Büyüktipi), legal expenses insurance

A legal expenses insurance policy must cover the cost of a lawyer of choice, even in administrative proceedings (judgment largely identical to that in Massar, also summarised in this edition of EELC).

Case C-668/15. Racial discrimination

Must the prohibition on direct discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin in Article 2(2)(a) of...

EFTA Court 16 December 2015, case E-5/15 (M’bye), working time

An 84-hour working week imposed on resident therapists at a care home may in certain circumstances be compatible with Directive 2003/88.

Case C-27/16. Sex discrimination

Must Article [14](1)(c) of Directive 2006/54 on the implementation of the principle of equal...

ECJ 7 April 2016, case C-315/14 (Marchon Germany), commercial agency

This case involves the right of a self-employed commercial agent, following termination of the contract with his principal, to an indemnity for having brought in new business. This right may not be interpreted restrictively.

ECJ 25 February 2016, case C-299/14 (Garcia-Nieto), free movement – social security

An unemployed EU citizen moving to another Member State is not entitled to social assistance in that State for the first three months.

ECJ 7 April 2016, case C-460/14 (Massar), legal insurance

A legal expenses insurance policy must cover the cost of a lawyer of choice, even in administrative proceedings (judgment almost identical to that in Büyüktipi, also summarised in this edition of EELC).

ECJ 21 January 2016, case C-453/14 (Knauer), free movement – social security

Austrian statutory pension benefits and Liechenstein occupational pension benefits are “equivalent”.

ECJ 7 April 2016, case C-315/14 (Marchon Germany), commercial agency

This case involves the right of a self-employed commercial agent, following termination of the contract with his principal, to an indemnity for having brought in new business. This right may not be interpreted restrictively.