Factortame case

Factortame case
   A case that came before the European Court of Justice in 1991 in which judges upheld the claims of the owners of a Spanish fishing vessel that the British Merchant Shipping Act (1988) was invalid because it con- flicted with the Common Fisheries Policy of the European Union. This was the first time that a British law was effectively set aside by the Court. The ruling indicated that EU law takes precedence over British law.

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