The Supreme Court specifies its jurisprudence regarding the extension of the effects of final judgments provided for in Article 110 of the Law on Contentious-Administrative Jurisdiction (Supreme Court Judgment nº 1050/2022, July 20th).

The Supreme Court has ruled in the judgment number 1050/2022, July 20th, on the extension of the effects of final judgments provided for in article 110 of Law 19/1998, of July 13th, regulating contentious-administrative jurisdiction (hereinafter, LJCA). In the specific case, the appellant –a teacher hired as a temporary professor in the public school–had requested…

The Supreme Court confirms its jurisprudence on the possibility of indirectly contest a general rule through a direct the direct contestation of another general rule, but only if there is a hierarchical connection between both. SCS num. 1109/2022, July 28th.

On July 28th, the Supreme Court pronounced about the cassation appeal filed against the Sentence of the Superior Court of Justice of Canary Islands num. 70/2021, February 26th, which rejected the administrative appeal that was filed against the Agreement of the Plenary of Garafía Town Hall reached on April 29th, 2019, which approved the General…

The Supreme Court declares that it isn’t in accordance with the law to allow the correction of an essential defect in the procedure for the elaboration of urban planning instruments during the execution of the judgement. STS no. 234/2022, of February 23.

The Supreme Court has pronounced, in judgment 234/2022, of February 23, about the impossibility of correcting, in the execution of the judgment, the omission of the strategic environmental assessment procedure in an urban planning instrument declared null and void for this reason. In this case, the competent environmental authority issued a report stating that wasn’t…

The Court of Justice of the European Union declares contrary to EU law the system of the State’s liability to pay damages provided in Laws 39/2015 and 40/2015 (CJEU of 28 June 2022. Case C-278/20).

The judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 28 June 2022 has declared that the Spanish legislation on liability in the event of damage arising from the application of rules that are contrary to European Union law (EU law) does not comply with the principle of effectiveness. As a result,…

The General Court of the European Union upholds the €2.42 billion penalty imposed on Google for the abuse of a dominant position (Case T-612/17 Google and Alphabet v Commission – Google Shopping).

The General Court of the European Union (“GC”) has dismissed the appeal brought by tech giant Google against the European Commission’s (“Commission”) decision fining it €2.42 billion, in 2017, for abusing its dominant position that it holds in the market for internet search services by favouring its product comparison service to the detriment of its…