CELS

Thank you to Professor Dame Eleanor Sharpston KC for her lecture on 'Challenging the EU’s Conscience: Frontex 'Operational Efficiency' and the Rule of Law' today @cambridgelaw.bsky.social discussing the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social Grand Chamber Decisions in W.S and Hamoudi of 18 Dec 2025.

UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead - UK in a changing Europe This report charts the UK's regulatory journey over the last five years and the path ahead. The first half of the report is comprised of thematic chapters which gauge the scale of divergence across a ...

🚨 NEW REPORT🚨

🛣️ Our latest report looks at 'UK-EU alignment and divergence: the road ahead'

The report finds that he UK has made very little use of its “Brexit freedoms” to diverge from EU law since 2021 and the Labour govt. is now increasingly pursuing alignment

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-e...

Excited about today’s @eulegalstudies.bsky.social lunchtime seminar at 1pm, in @cambridgelaw.bsky.social B16 or on Zoom with Professor Morten Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen on the ‘The History of European Union Law - Constitutional Practice, 1950 to 1993' www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

Do not miss the @eulegalstudies.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar this Wednesday at 1pm: 'The History of European Union Law - Constitutional Practice, 1950 to 1993' www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

Join us open to all.

Please join our in person or online Lunchtime Seminar: 'Norway’s Patchwork of Agreements with the EU: Challenges to ‘the Norway Model' with Professor Halvard H. Fredriksen, UIB Norway.

Tomorrow Wed, 18 February 2026 - 1.00pm
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social, B16

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Op-Ed: “Artificial Intelligence’s Dual Role in EU Environmental Law: Both a Target of and a Tool for Enforcement?” - EU Law Live This Op-Ed forms part of EU Law Live’s symposium on the Private Enforcement of European Environmental Law and Policy, which has featured Op-Eds by Clemens Kaupa, Christoph Sobotta, Alexandre Biard, an...

Very grateful to EU Law Live and especially Prof Kerstin Fischer-Johnston for including our thoughts with Nick Scott in those blog on EU, AI and climate law. @climatehughes.bsky.social @eulegalstudies.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

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New blog by our Director Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social and Dr @fionacostello.bsky.social

Please consider submitting your papers to our Yearbook.

Call for submissions - please submit your piece.

What are the pull factors for those seeking asylum in the UK? - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello look at the reasons why asylum seekers come to the UK and to what extent UK asylum policy is a factor in the decision.

"Simply making conditions harsher in the hope it will deter arrivals appears, based on the evidence, unlikely to achieve the desired effect."

✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi on whether stricter asylum policy will act as a deterrant

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/what-are-the...

Can Greenland join the EU? - UK in a changing Europe Catherine Barnard and Denzil Davidson look at the legal process Greenland would have to follow if it were to decide to try and rejoin the EU, as well as the potential political obstacles.

Fantastic new @ukandeu.bsky.social blog by @eulegalstudies.bsky.social Director Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social and Denzil Davidson.

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Our Lunchtime Seminar TODAY - 1pm - Dr András Csuri - 'Sense and Admissibility: Cross-Border Investigations Conducted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office'.

Join online or in person @cambridgelaw.bsky.social www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

Please join us for our Lent term lunchtime seminars - starting next week.

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New important Grand Chamber @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social decision forcefully reaffirming PFOS against Hungary- perhaps stronger action by @ec.europa.eu Judgment, 27/01/2026, Commission v Hungary (Reclassification du cannabis), C-271/23, ECLI:EU:C:2026:45 infocuria.curia.europa.eu/tabs/jurispr...

Greatly looking forward to @eulegalstudies.bsky.social / CPL / @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social Roundtable : 'The Future of the European Convention on Human Rights in the United Kingdom' chaired by all 3 Centre Directors @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @echr.coe.int

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Delighted to offer First View of @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social's Dr Bernadette Zelger's 'A Crisis of Neo-liberalism and the Future of the EU: Socio-economic and Political Challenges to Its Legal-Constitutional Framework (and a Defence of Scharpf’s Asymmetry Theory)' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Labour’s asylum appeals overhaul: what the new system means in practice - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello explain what Labour's proposed overhaul in the asylum appeals process will mean in practice.

"Whether this will reduce delays and costs without increasing the risk of wrong decisions will be the central question about the reforms"

✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi on Labour’s proposals to overhaul the asylum appeals system

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-asyl...

Labour’s asylum appeals overhaul: what the new system means in practice - UK in a changing Europe Ali Ahmadi, Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello explain what Labour's proposed overhaul in the asylum appeals process will mean in practice.

Very thoughtful @ukandeu.bsky.social post by our Director Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social @fionacostello.bsky.social and Ali Ahmadi - 'Whether this will reduce delays and costs without increasing the risk of wrong decisions will be the central question...'

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Our Director Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social has always found the principle of autonomy, so central to EU law, elusive. The conference hosted by the @ecb.europa.eu in September led to a short but fascinating book on the subject with some excellent contributions: www.ecb.europa.eu/press/legcon...

Warmest congratulations indeed.

Fantastic news from our friends @cambup-law.cambridge.org - our Cambridge Yearbook for European Legal Studies will be open access from 2026.

The Employment Rights Bill Panel, 4 December 2025 YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty

The @cambridgelaw.bsky.social hosted an excellent and insightful seminar on the UK Employment Rights Bill. Thanks to Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social, John Hendy KC, Nick Denys and Prof Fotis Vergis for their insights. This is really worth a watch. youtu.be/YcIX9B-aB-c

Investor Citizenship - Case C-181/23 Commission v Malta: CELS Roundtable Discussion YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty

Some refreshing insights on Commission v Malta chaired by Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social Thanks to Daniel Sarmiento, Takis Tridimas, Emilija Leinarte @mwgehring.bsky.social and Martin Steinfeld for their lively and engaging contributions. youtu.be/K4giAVdn0yE

Join us in person or online - this Wednesday.

Do not miss this Roundtable: 'Commission v Malta' on Wed, 3 Dec 2025 - 1.00pm
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social, Chaired by Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social
w Profes @mwgehring.bsky.social
Emilija Leinarte, @danielsarmiento.bsky.social, Martin Steinfeld and Takis Tridimas www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

Join us today.

Reform’s appetite to put the Brexit deal back in the oven - UK in a changing Europe Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello examine Nigel Farage's proposal to scrap welfare benefit access for EU nationals living in the UK.

Please read Prof @cbarnard.bsky.social and @fionacostello.bsky.social's excellent @ukandeu.bsky.social Blog on Reform’s appetite to put the Brexit deal back in the oven - in my view, completely for the birds as the EU would go cold turkey on the UK.

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Do not miss next week's @eulegalstudies.bsky.social Lunchtime Seminar @cambridgelaw.bsky.social with Professor Daniele Gallo, Luiss University on 'Controversial Contemporary Direct Effect: Directives and Beyond' 12.30pm lunch, 1pm lecture. In person or online.
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Delighted to join @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Int'l Law and Security on Tuesday at 3pm for ‘Sustainable Development in EU Trade Agreements and New Informal Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs) – Fit for the 21st Century?’ in the Gilbert Scott Building.

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