Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Court of first instance of the European Communities

Date: 11/23/2011

Subject: The General Court has rejected the claim for damages made by Jose Maria Sison following the Council’s illegal freezing of his funds. The infringement of European Union law may be accounted for by the particular constraints and responsibilities borne by the Council and constitutes an irregularity that an administrative authority exercising ordinary care and diligence might have committed if placed in similar circumstances.

Parties: Jose Maria Sison

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 17 Right to property - Justice

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