1. Article 54 CISA: Are UK courts bound? Estella Baker Professor of European Criminal Law & Justice e.baker@shef.ac.uk © Estella Baker

2. Contents Article 54 CISA under EU law The UK opt in EU side UK side Are UK courts bound? Legal effect (& do we have an accurate translation)? © Estella Baker

3. Article 54 CISA under EU law Schengen Agreement 1985 & CISA 1990 Treaty of Amsterdam, Protocol No.2 to the ECT & TEU Council decisions 1999/435/EC & 1999/436/EC Annex 2: revised legal basis - Articles 34 & 31 TEU(A), ie third pillar law © Estella Baker

4. But UK (& Eire) does not participate in Schengen..??? © Estella Baker

5. The UK opt in – EU side Council decisions 2000/365/EC, 2004/926/EC (& 2010/779/EU) Legal effect International law Article 4(3) TEU(L) (ex Article 10 EC) © Estella Baker

6. The UK opt in – UK side ECA 1972 as amended by EC(A)A 1998 “Transposition” Criminal Justice Act 2003, s 76(4) Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011, s 10 “Do we have an accurate translation…?” © Estella Baker

7. Legal effect Not supreme over domestic law but Case C- 105/03 Pupino Direct effect? State liability in damages? No Article 35 TEU(A) preliminary rulings from UK Protocol 36 & the UK opt out but Article 50 CFR & ECHR, Protocol 7, Article 4 © Estella Baker

8. Thank you for listening! © Estella Baker