Event

VII Forum of EU Litigation Law

  • Location

    LCEL

    4 rue Alphonse Weicker

    2721, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

  • Topic(s)
    Court of Justice of the European Union, EU Law, Litigation Law
  • Type(s)
    Conferences, Free of charge, In-person event

After six successful editions, the Forum, hosted under the auspices of the Luxembourg Centre for European Law, continues to cement its reputation as a key event where scholars, practitioners, and public officials convene to discuss emerging trends in litigating EU law before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

The Court’s case law evolves continuously through the decisions and opinions of the Kirchberg Judges and Advocates General, influencing a broad spectrum of legal domains.

This year’s edition of the Forum will spotlight some of the most compelling areas of litigation in which the Court has set thought-provoking milestones over the past judicial year—ranging from sanctions and their role in the current geopolitical landscape to the principle of direct effect, from the long-debated EU accession to the ECHR to sports-related legal disputes.

Bringing together experts from diverse backgrounds, the Forum offers a singular opportunity to engage in discussions on these key legal developments, placing them within the broader context of the Court’s evolving role.

30 June 2025

  • 9.30 – 10.00

    Introduction and welcome

    • Takis Tridimas (Luxembourg Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg)
    • Daniel Sarmiento (Universidad Complutense Madrid)
    • Walter Bruno (Luxembourg Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg)

  • 10.00 – 11.15

    General presentation
    “The accession of the EU to the ECHR in the wake of the cases KS and KD and Neves77“

    Chair: Siofra O´Leary (former President of the ECHR)
    Speaker: Felix Ronkes Agerbeek (European Commission)

  • 11.15 – 12.45

    Recent trends in direct effect
    Chair: AG Dean Spielmann (Advocate General, CJEU)

    Speakers:
    Ana Bobić (Hertie School Berlin) – K.L. v. X (C‑715/20, 20/02/2024)
    Carlo Tovo (University of Bologna) – KaiKai Company (C-382/21, 27/02/2024)
    Daniele Gallo (LUISS University, Rome) – Gabel Industria Tessile (C-316/22, 11/04/2024)

  • 12.45 – 13.30

    Lunch

  • 13.30 – 14.45

    General presentation
    “Restrictive measures in European courts“

    Chair: Judge Savvas Papasavvas (Vice President of the General Court, CJEU)
    Speaker: Celia Challet (Ghent University)

  • 14.45 – 16.15

    Sports Litigation in the Court of Justice
    Chair: tbc

    Speakers:
    Guillermo Íñiguez (University of Oxford) – European Super League and Intl’ Skating Union (C-333/21 and C-124/21 P, 21/12/2023)
    Fernando Irurzun (Clifford Chance Madrid) – Diarra-FIFA (C-650/22, 04/10/2024)
    Veronika Yefremova (Leiden University) – Royal Antwerp (C-680/21, 21/12/2023)

  • 16.15

    Closing Remarks

Scientific organisers

This conference is organised by the Luxembourg Centre for European Law in collaboration with Complutense Universidad Madrid.

  • Prof. Takis Tridimas, Director Luxembourg Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg
  • Prof. Daniel Sarmiento, Professor of EU Law, Complutense University of Madrid
  • Walter Bruno, Doctoral Researcher Luxembourg Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg

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