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Grenville Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund (C-17/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first and second questions
46

Grenville Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund (C-17/17)

Judgment of 6 Sept 2018law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-17-17/para_46@2026-11-10

46It is clear from that case-law, confirmed most recently by the judgment of 24 November 2016, Webb-Sämann (C‑454/15, EU:C:2016:891, paragraph 35), that the level of protection thus provided for in Article 8 of Directive 2008/94 is an individual minimum guarantee for each and every employee.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Fourth Chamber
Case: C-17/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2018:674
Decided: 6 Sept 2018
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Court of Appeal (England & Wales) (Civil Division)
Applicant: Grenville Hampshire
Defendants: The Board of the Pension Protection Fund; interested party:; Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Rapporteur: E. Juhász
Advocate General: J. Kokott
Bench: 5 judges
T. von Danwitz, C. Vajda, E. Juhász, K. Jürimäe, C. Lycourgos
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0017

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Interprets 1: Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Cited by 3: Reprobel CV v Copaco Belgium NV (C-230/23); HJ v Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí (C-101/21); Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein VVaG v Günther Bauer (C-168/18)2 provisions
Cites 13: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Elaine Farrell v Alan Whitty and Others (C-413/15); Andrea Francovich and Danila Bonifaci and others v Italian Republic (C-6/90); Edward Cussens and Others v T. G. Brosman (C-251/16); Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance); Dansk Industri (DI), acting on behalf of Ajos A/S v Estate of Karsten Eigil Rasmussen (C-441/14); Český telekomunikační úřad v T-Mobile Czech Republic a.s. and Vodafone Czech Republic a.s (C-508/14); Council Directive 80/987/EEC of 20 October 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer; F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Others v Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (C-179/16); Jürgen Webb-Sämann v Christopher Seagon (C-454/15)2 provisions; Grenville Hampshire v The Board of the Pension Protection Fund (C-17/17); Carol Marilyn Robins and Others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (C-278/05); Thomas Hogan and Others v Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ireland and Attorney General (C-398/11)