The ‘emergency brake’ banning European Union migrants from claiming British in-work benefits – part of David Cameron’s deal to keep the UK in Europe – could be struck down by EU judges after the referendum, a leading legal expert has told EURACTIV.

The British Prime Minister has insisted that his reform pact with EU leaders is legally binding and irreversible, although yesterday (24 February) leading Tory MP Michael Gove said it was subject to the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) approval.

Steve Peers is professor of EU law at Britain’s Essex University, writes extensively on his subject, and edits the EU Law Analysis website.

He has worked as a consultant for the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the House of Lords Select Committee on the Europeanare specified in the description below and in the claims that follow.
In a first aspect, the invention relates to a movable collecting device for downhole separation and removal of particulate matter from a petroleum well, the collecting device having a first end portion and a second end portion, an exterior and an interior; the collecting device comprising:                an outer wall extending axially from the first end portion and to the second end portion, a portion of the wall surrounding a collecting chamber;        a nose at the first end portion comprising at least one external inlet, the external inlet being in fluid communication with the collecting chamber;