FIDE 2012
The XXV FIDE Congress will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, on 30 May - 2 June 2012
Register now via the official FIDE 2012 website.
Topic 1 - UK Rapporteurs: Patrick Layden QC TD, Scottish Law Commission and Dr Tobias Lock, University of Surrey
Protection of Fundamental Rights, post-Lisbon: Interaction between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights and National Constitutions. Download the report.
Topic 2 - UK Rapporteur: Angus Johnston, Senior Lecturer in Law, University College, Oxford University
The Interface between Energy, Environment and the Competition Rules of the European Union. Download the report
Topic 3 - UK Rapporteur: Dr Helen Xanthaki, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, including Information Society Issues. Download the report
FIDE ESSAY PRIZE 2012
The FIDE Essay competition was announced at the EU Law in Practice evening on 10 November 2011. The title for the essay is 'The Charter of Fundamental Rights: an unnecessary complication or an essential ‘EU Bill of Rights’?
If you wish to enter a contribution please register by sending an email to ukael@kcl.ac.uk. Entrants should be law students, trainee solicitors and pupil barristers. You need to be a UK citizen or you must be based at UK institutions/firms at the time of the Congress. The essay should not contain more than 2000 words incl footnotes. You also need to be available to go to Talinn on 30 May to 2 June 2012.
Closing date for submission 31 January 2012, you will be notified at the beginning of March 2012 whether you have won.
The prize is registration at the FIDE CONGRESS XXV in Tallinn, Estonia, plus a bursary of £600 for travel and accommodation.
You can read the report of our winner for FIDE 2010 below.
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FIDE ESSAY Prize 2010
In 2010 the FIDE Essay prize went to David Mooney. David Mooney graduated in law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2010. He is currently studying French at the University of Nice before interning at law firms in London. David showed a keen interest in EU law which he later followed up with a dissertation in the subject during his final year of study. David enjoys playing sports in his spare time and hopes to become a solicitor specialising in EU and corporate law.
The prize included free registration at the FIDE congress plus a £600 bursary for travel and accommodation in Madrid.
Congratulations to David!
Download the winning essay Read David's report on his time at the FIDE congress
Official 2010 FIDE XXIV Congress website
Preparing for FIDE XXIV: the UK reports
Topic 1: 'The European and National Parliaments' by Paul Hardy
This report is in the form of responses to a FIDE questionnaire on the role of national parliaments in the EU and the relationship between national parliaments and the European Parliament. The report explains in detail how the House of Commons scrutinises proposals for EU leglisation and policy, and how it seeks to influence the positions taken by ministers in the Council. It also looks at the enhanced role of national parliaments under the Lisbon Treaty, and the mechanisms being put in place to ensure that this new role is translated into parliamentary procedure in Westminster
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Topic 2: 'The Judicial Application of European Competition Law' by Christopher Brown and Diarmuid Ryan
This report surveys a number of important proedural and substantive issues in competition litigation in the UK, including the interplay between administraitve and private enforcement, limitation periods, disclosure, collective redress, types of damages recoverable, the "passing on" defence, other quantum and causation issues, and costs. All of these issues have a potentially significant bearing on the incentives for pursuing private actions for breach of competition law and thus on the effectiveness of private enforcement of competition law more generally.
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Topic 3: 'Public Capital and Private Capital in the Internal Market - Securing a level playing field for public and private enterprises' by Dr Wolf-Georg Ringe
This report looks at risks of distortion of competition which may result from the use of public capital rather than private capital for companies. The topic is of particular relevance to the number of companies in public ownership following a number of bail outs in the recent financial crisis. Distortions for competition may also result from the variations in Member States’ definitions of public interests and in the instruments used to achieve public interest goals. The report covers issues of company law, competition law, administrative and constitutional law as well as state aid law.
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Membership
Our members enjoy a range of benefits including:
- Discounts and priority booking for all of our events
- An invitation to the UKAEL Annual General Meeting
- Opportunities to study and discuss European Union Law with leading academics and practitioners