§ Lord Shore of Stepneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many occasions in each year since 1975 have actions been brought against United Kingdom authorities and appeals made from rulings in United 90WA Kingdom courts of law to the European Court of Justice; and how many are still outstanding. [HL81]
§ The Attorney-General (Lord Williams of Mostyn)A table showing the number of cases in each year since 1975 in which the ECJ has given judgment in proceedings brought against the United Kingdom is annexed.
Applications are outstanding in six cases.
The EC Treaty does not provide any mechanism for appeals from rulings in the United Kingdom courts to the European Court of Justice.
Judgments given by the ECJ in proceedings brought against the UK Years Number 1975 0 1976 0 1977 0 1978 0 1979 3 1980 2 1981 1 1982 2 1983 3 1984 1 1985 2 1986 2 1987 0 1988 4 1989 2 1990 0 1991 2 1992 3 1993 1 1994 3 1995 0 1996 1 1997 1 1998 0 1999 1 2000 2