Permanent Court of Arbitration

The Permanent Court of Arbitration has ruled there is no legal obligation to reverse the closure order after the EU claimed the move was "discriminatory and disproportionate", and could threaten the future of commercial sand eel fishing in Denmark.

The case is due to be heard from Tuesday next week at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, a dispute resolution body based in the Hague, by a panel of three mutually-agreed international trade judges.

There have been court battles in Colombia and the US, and the case is now before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague.

And US-based salvage company Sea Search Armada has taken Colombia to the UN's Permanent Court of Arbitration, seeking £7.8bn, over claims it first discovered the vessel more than 40 years ago.

The original case was handled under the Permanent Court of Arbitration, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.