Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/15/2021

Subject: The Court affirmed that EU law precludes a national law that prevents a court hearing an action for compensation based on an allegation of discrimination from making a finding on the existence of that discrimination where the defendant agrees to pay the compensation claimed without recognising that discrimination. The payment of the monetary amount alone is not capable of ensuring effective judicial protection for a person who seeks to obtain a ruling that he or she has been the victim of such discrimination

Parties: Braathens Regional Aviation

Classification: Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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