Article 54 CISA Are UK courts bound Estella
Article 54 CISA: Are UK courts bound? Estella Baker Professor of European Criminal Law & Justice e. baker@shef. ac. uk © Estella Baker
Contents • Article 54 CISA under EU law • The UK opt in • EU side • UK side • Are UK courts bound? • Legal effect (& do we have an accurate translation)? © Estella Baker
Article 54 CISA under EU law • Schengen Agreement 1985 & CISA 1990 • Treaty of Amsterdam, Protocol No. 2 to the ECT & TEU • Council decisions 1999/435/EC & 1999/436/EC • Annex 2: revised legal basis - Articles 34 & 31 TEU(A), ie third pillar law © Estella Baker
But UK (& Eire) does not participate in Schengen. . ? ? ? © Estella Baker
The UK opt in – EU side • Council decisions 2000/365/EC, 2004/926/EC (& 2010/779/EU) • Legal effect • International law • Article 4(3) TEU(L) (ex Article 10 EC) © Estella Baker
The UK opt in – UK side • ECA 1972 as amended by EC(A)A 1998 • “Transposition” • Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 76(4) • Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011, s 10 • “Do we have an accurate translation…? ” © Estella Baker
Legal effect • Not supreme over domestic law but Case C 105/03 Pupino • Direct effect? State liability in damages? • No Article 35 TEU(A) preliminary rulings from UK • Protocol 36 & the UK opt out but Article 50 CFR & ECHR, Protocol 7, Article 4 © Estella Baker
Thank you for listening! © Estella Baker
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