The Monckton-Cambridge Roundtable: 'Implementing the Rule of Law: Effective Judicial Protection and the General Court in EU Sanctions Cases'

The Centre for European Legal Studies is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Monckton Chambers. We will be holding our inaugural roundtable event on Wednesday 6 May and further details are included below. We very much hope you will be able to attend.

Please register your participation at cels@law.cam.ac.uk.

Location: The Moot Court Room, Faculty of Law

Following the Kadi judgment of the European Court of Justice, it has fallen to the General Court to ensure that the rule of law is implemented in cases concerning the listing of individuals alleged to have connections with terrorist organisations and whose assets within the EU have been frozen. Two dimensions of this task are explored in this roundtable event. The first is illustrated by the judgment of the General Court in Case T 306/10 Yusef v Commission, and highlights the role of the General Court in setting legal boundaries and timeframes for the assessments conducted by the European Commission in reviewing the arguments and evidence presented by claimants seeking to be delisted from UN sanctions regimes. The second issue relates to the conduct of proceedings before the General Court itself. Amendments to its Rules of Procedure agreed in February 2015 concern the handling of confidential information or material particularly in circumstances affecting the security of the Union or the Member States. This issue has arisen in the context of litigation challenging EU sanctions, and draws attention to the manner in which the General Court manages attempts by parties to proceedings not to disclose certain sensitive information. The aim of this roundtable, therefore, is to look at the aftermath of Kadi and the central role of the General Court both in demanding that the European Commission implement the rule of law and as an institution in its own right whose proceedings must also seek to uphold the rule of law while balancing competing interests.

Chair:

The Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Arden

Speakers:

Philip Moser QC, Monckton Chambers
Paul Lasok QC, Monckton Chambers

Discussants:

Dr. Eva Nanopoulos, King’s College Cambridge
Prof. Takis Tridimas, King’s College, London
Prof. Panos Koutrakos, City University, London