Court of Justice 23 May 2007, C-438/05 (International Transport Workers’ Federation and Finnish Seamen’s Union v Viking Line ABP and OÜ Viking Line Eesti.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division), in proceedings on appeal from the High Court of Justice (Commercial Court), has referred a series of questions that require this Court to grapple with an issue that is, at the same time, of high legal complexity and great socio‑political sensitivity.