The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Tuesday 4 February that the EU General Court erred in law by holding that the existence of a teaching contract between a party and its lawyer undermines the requirement of independence of the legal representative before the EU courts in a judgment (Joint Cases C-515/17 P C-51/17 P).
In June 2017, the General Court had ruled inadmissible the action brought by the University of Wrocław against decisions of the Research Executive Agency...