EU LAW IGNORED ECJ RULING AUSTRIA CASE UNAPPEALLED NATIONAL JUDGEMENTS
March 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NATIONAL court judgments conflicting with European Union (EU) law should not be overturned when not subject to appeal, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. In a case referred by the Austrian courts, it said the need to respect EU legislation could be overridden by the requirements of judicial efficiency. "To ensure the stability of the law and legal relations and the sound administration of justice it is important that (final) judicial decisions...can no longer be called into question". It added that in such cases, all rights ...
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