European Court of Human Rights

Duty to state reasons, Equal treatment, European Court of Human Rights, European Court of Justice, Fundamental rights, Hybrid Settlement, Presumption of Innocence, Settlement

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On March 18, 2021, in a hybrid settlement case, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) partially annulled the judgment of the General Court of the European Union (GC) for violating the obligation to state reasons and the principle of equal treatment in the calculation of the fine. The CJEU compared the situation…

Competition proceedings, European Court of Human Rights, European Court of Justice, European Union, Evidence, Witness

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On 22 October 2020, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed in Silver Plastics that the General Court (GC) is not bound to accept a request for the examination of witnesses when it has sufficiently proven that an undertaking took part in an anti-competitive agreement.   Executive Summary The ECJ has confirmed that there is…