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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...

EU competition law: CISAC and collecting societies v Commission: General Court annuls concerted practice finding; membership and exclusivity clauses breach Article 101 TFEU in internet, satellite and cable licensing

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This case hub is archived; it records the position as at the judgment dated 12/04/2013 and is no longer maintained. For further detail, see the timeline, commentary, and related/relevant cases.

Appeals were brought before the General Court to annul the Commission’s decision of 16 July 2008, which prohibited 24 European collecting societies from restricting competition, in particular by constraining their ability to provide services to authors and commercial users outside their domestic territories.

On 12 April 2013, the General Court annulled, for CISAC and 20 of the collecting societies concerned, the part of the decision finding a concerted practice, but dismissed the applicants’ actions against the conclusion that individual clauses in the agreements infringed article 101(1) TFEU.

The case addresses the management and licensing by collecting societies of authors’ public performance rights in musical works, assessing whether certain inter-society agreements were deployed to create artificial barriers to the cross-border supply of music...

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