Milk Prices & Production Rights: A Doctrinal Analysis of Irish and EU Case Law since Accession
By Tadgh Quill-Manley, King’s Inns, Dublin, Ireland. Abstract The introduction of milk quotas in 1984 and their administration under the Common Agricultural Policy profoundly reshaped Irish dairy farming, transforming production ceilings into valuable economic assets while simultaneously denying them the legal status of property. This article examines four landmark disputes – Duff, Mulligan, Mohr, and Maher – that arose from Ireland’s implementation of the EU regime and reveals a persistent…
