Re:Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned
by iguy on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @07:26PM
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> it is the highest court in Ireland's legal system.
And not just Ireland's.
And that's what I'm saying. If your legal system is united to this degree into a larger framework, then that new thing is the locus of sovereignty. It is much more than a trade deal. (That doesn't mean it's wrong, or a good idea or a bad idea. But it's a big change.)
No law has been sturck down. No law has been rewritten. No law has been applied retroactively.
A deal was found to be illegal, based on the laws at the time, so was anulled (as any illegal deal would be).
This was appealed, and the court found that the facts of the case had been misinterperated (ie they're arguing about what counts as state aid, not whether state aid is illegal).