A ramp promised too late to make a course accessible
A Belgian wheelchair user was awarded €2,000 in damages after a school delayed providing accessible facilities for a medical secretary course.
Two families challenged a two-year wait to reunite in Belgium
Belgium’s Constitutional Court suspended specified family-reunification restrictions for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and referred five EU-law questions.
Six months’ pay after an employer failed to explore adapted work
The Brussels Labour Court awarded an injured worker six months’ gross pay after finding that the employer had failed to explore reasonable adjustments.
Why couples in Aruba could marry without waiting for a new law
The Dutch Supreme Court upheld a ruling opening civil marriage in Aruba to same-sex couples. The note explains why the remedy applied there immediately.
A family waiting for reunification kept its enforceable decision deadline
The Dutch Council of State upheld a decision timetable and a daily penalty for a delayed family-reunification application involving a mother and three children.
Too ill to work during pregnancy. Did those weeks count for unemployment benefit?
A Gelderland court required pregnancy-related illness to count towards a worker’s qualifying weeks. UWV had to decide the remaining benefit conditions.
Prisoners obtained an order protecting them from intimidation and humiliating searches
France’s Conseil d’État upheld an urgent order requiring measures against intimidation and humiliating searches at Condé-sur-Sarthe prison.
How a father proved he cared for his child and secured a residence order
A Paris appeal court lifted a father’s removal order and directed the prefect to issue a residence permit, subject to continuing eligibility, within three months.
A private conversation on work email and a dismissal declared void
France’s highest civil court upheld a worker’s successful dismissal challenge after his employer relied on private correspondence sent through work email.
A parent’s angry emails to a school and the right to a fresh hearing
Germany’s Constitutional Court set aside criminal decisions against a father over school emails and required a fresh assessment of their meaning and context.
When police broke into a shared room to carry out a removal
A shared hostel room was a home. Germany’s Constitutional Court found a rights violation when police forced the door to find a resident for removal.
One better-paid colleague can be enough to reopen an equal-pay claim
A German equal-pay claimant used an internal dashboard to identify one higher-paid man. The Federal Labour Court sent her claim back for a new hearing.
Convicted on appeal by judges who never heard the decisive witness
A Dutch appeal court reversed two acquittals without hearing the decisive witness. See why Strasbourg found a breach and what reopening requires.
A court order for a home, followed by years on the waiting list
Fifteen people won social-housing orders in France and waited years. Read why a divided Strasbourg court gave them no further remedy.
Four months into foster care, the plan to reunite a family ended
A mother lost parental authority after her child entered Dutch foster care. Strasbourg found a breach. Read what the Netherlands paid and what it planned next.
They won shelter orders in Brussels and still slept outside
Four asylum seekers had Belgian shelter orders. See when each received accommodation after Strasbourg intervened and what damages the Court later awarded.
A pension dispute and an unanswered request to hear from Luxembourg
A German law-firm partner won €3,000 plus costs when his court gave no reasons for declining an EU reference. Read how that differed from winning his pension claim.
Fined for a plastic visor at a peaceful protest
Germany fined a peaceful protester €300 for a plastic visor. Strasbourg found an assembly-rights violation. Germany later confirmed payment of his legal costs.
A checked box, three X-rays and the loss of a guardian
Belgium paid €5,000 after Strasbourg found safeguards missing in a young asylum applicant’s age assessment. Read what the court decided about consent and guardianship.
She wanted a divorce. She challenged the finding that refusing sex was her fault.
After the Versailles court blamed a wife for refusing sex, Strasbourg upheld her bodily autonomy. What the Article 8 judgment changed and why no damages were paid.
