Darren Harvey

Senior Lecturer in Law & Director of Undergraduate Studies, King’s College London

Dr Darren Harvey is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of Undergraduate Studies at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. Prior to joining King’s, Dr Harvey was an Early Career Fellow in EU law at Edinburgh Law School. He wrote his doctoral thesis on constitutional review by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) at the University of Cambridge. Before writing his thesis, Darren worked as a research assistant to Prof. Thomas Giegerich at the Jean Monnet Chair of European Union Law and European Integration. Darren holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in European Law from the Europa Institut at Saarland University, and an LLB (Hons) from Edinburgh Law School. Darren has published widely on many different areas of EU law. He has taught a wide range of EU law and Public Law courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. In 2018, he was a Stagiaire in the cabinet of Judge Ian Forrester at the General Court of the CJEU.

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Challenging EU Directives

Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains how EU Directives can be challenged directly (by action for annulment) and indirectly (by preliminary ruling and by incidental review), together with an overview of the remedies available.

EU Law

EU internal competence

Practice Notes

This Practice Note outlines the sources of EU competence, gradual expansion of the competences, and implied powers. All EU acts require a legal basis for their adoption. This Practice Note considers this principle, as well as the governing principles of EU competences including the principles of conferral, subsidiarity and proportionality.

EU Law

Proportionality

Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers the nature of the proportionality test and its application in cases both against EU Member States and against the EU. A key principle of continental law, proportionality can be invoked against the EU and its Member States and should be borne in mind when drafting measures at EU level and national level (in areas of EU law).

EU Law