Brussels, 15/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - EU law does not preclude a mandatory injunction to stay away being adopted in all cases of domestic violence, even if the victim wishes to re-establish cohabitation with the offender. Such, in substance, is the content of a ruling pronounced on Thursday 15 September by the Court of Justice of the European Union, in Joint Cases C-483/09 and C-1/10.
Two men, Gueye and Salmerón Sánchez, were convicted of mistreating their respective partners. Among...