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Annulment definition

What does Annulment mean? Annulment is the family court process for obtaining a nullity order confirming that a marriage is either void (never legally valid) or voidable (valid unless and until annulled). It is used instead of divorce where a party challenges the marriage’s validity. In England and Wales, annulment (nullity of marriage) is governed by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and case law; in Northern Ireland by the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; in Scotland principally by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and case law; and in Ireland by the Family Law (Nullity of Marriage) Act 1995 and case law. Scots law provides...

CJEU confirms Commission’s State aid control over Romania’s post‑accession payment of Micula ICSID award; General Court set aside; Achmea renders intra‑EU BIT arbitration inapplicable.

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ARCHIVED - this archived case hub records the position as at the judgment of 25 January 2022; it is no longer updated

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Case C‑638/19 Commission v European Food and Others-an appeal against the General Court’s judgment in Case T‑624/15, which had granted Annulment of Commission decision (SA.38517) concerning aid paid to Viorel and Ioan Micula and companies they own in the form of an Arbitration award.

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On 25 January 2022, the Court of Justice delivered its judgment. It allowed the appeal, set aside the General Court’s judgment and sent the case back to the General Court. The Court of Justice held, among other matters, that the General Court erred in law by finding that the Commission lacked competence to assess, under State aid law, the compensation Romania paid to Swedish Investors in implementing the ICSID award. While that award had accepted those investors’ case that Romania had unlawfully repealed a tax incentives scheme before its accession to...

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