Posted 24 May 2013
UCD academics provide specialist training programme for national judges in EU competition law
Academics from the UCD School of Law are currently leading a specialist training programme for national judges on the enforcement of EU competition law.
The specially devised UCD training programme funded by the European Commission includes Articles 101 and 102 TFEU and the State aid rules, focusing on those aspects of enforcement of particular relevance to national judges.
“Our specialist training programme pays particular attention to the EU and national case-law on remedies for breach of EU competition law in national courts, and to private enforcement of EU competition law,” says Dr Suzanne Kingston BL, UCD School of Law, who is leading the training programme.
Dr Kingston has lectured and practiced EU competition law for the past 12 years and is a former référendaire at the Court of Justice of the EU. Her collaborator on the project is Professor Imelda Maher, Sutherland Chair of European Law at University College Dublin.
“National judges who participate in the training programme will gain a full and practical understanding of the key issues in enforcement of EU competition law from legal and economic perspectives, and be equipped with the skills for applying this knowledge in their own national legal systems,” adds Dr Kingston.
The programme aims to ensure coherence and consistency in the enforcement of EU competition law; to improve and encourage cooperation between national judges in EU competition law; and to address the specific training needs of national judge participants.
The first training session which took place at the Four Courts in Dublin in May 2013 was attended by judges from 14 EU Member States.
(Produced by UCD University Relations)
