The 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Community (EC) will be celebrated on 27 March, 2007, making now a good time to take stock of the EC’s impact on the legal world.
Its effect has undoubtedly been immense, with virtually every aspect of our lives being affected by EC law in the form of new directives, regulations and European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions. Nothing, in national law, is any longer immune from challenge. Tax laws, planning decisions, even the world of sport have all felt the aggressive reach of regulation from Brussels and Luxembourg.
