Fernando Castillo de la Torre is the third speaker in a new series of online talks which brings together judicial practitioners from the CJEU and national courts to share their insights on how they handle scientific or technical complexity (or uncertainty) in various policy domains. The aim is to gain a deeper understanding of how this issue, which has been extensively studied by scholars, affects the actual decision-making process of judges.
Each session will feature one speaker who will deliver a 30-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute discussion.
Castillo de la Torre is Director in the Legal Service of the European Commission, where he has been working since 1996. He worked in the chambers of the President of the European Court of Justice between 1997 and 2002 and has been agent for the European Commission in more than 500 cases in the European Court of Justice. He has published widely on the relationship between legal orders (international, EU and national), judicial review and litigation before EU Courts, and European economic law.