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BIICL/IADC Meeting: Current Regulatory & Litigation Challenges

Collective Redress+2

Date: Tuesday 7 October 2025

Time: 17:00 - 19:15 (Registration from 16.30)
Followed by a drinks reception and an optional dinner

Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP

Co-organised by the IADC and the BIICL Product Liability Forum 

Event Details

We are delighted to announce another joint event with our friends at the IADC bringing together leading litigators from the US and around the world. It will take place at the Institute in London and will be followed by a reception and dinner with our IADC colleagues at a premier location, The Portrait Restaurant, National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square (with thanks to the support of Taylor Wessing).

This is always an enjoyable and lively occasion, with an opportunity to catch up with international colleagues and friends working on product liability, product safety and mass torts in other jurisdictions internationally.

This event is co-hosted by Professor Duncan Fairgrieve, Director of the Product Liability Law Forum, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL), Katie Chandler, Partner, Taylor Wessing and Tripp Haston, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.

Agenda

Welcome
Tripp Haston, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, US, and Duncan Fairgrieve, Product Liability Forum, BIICL, London

Regulatory Panel  (17.00 - 18.00)
Moderator: Anna Cook, Bristows

  • Product Safety : policy & enforcement in UK : Tim Green KC, Henderson Chambers, London
  • Perspectives on US regulatory approaches under current administration : Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, King & Spalding LLP, Washington TBC
  • Third Party Funding, where now? : John Sorabji, UCL & Nine Chambers, Manchester
      

Break  (18.00 - 18.10)

Litigation Panel: Emerging Trends  (18.10 - 19.15)
Moderator, Katie Chandler, Taylor Wessing

  • Collective Redress in Europe : Sarah-Jane Dobson, Ashurst, London
  • PFAS litigation in the US : Tripp Haston, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, US
  • PLD emerging trends : Michaela Herron, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, Dublin

 
Drinks Reception (19.15 - 20:00)

Optional Dinner (20.00 - 22:00)
The Portrait Restaurant, National Portrait Gallery, 2 St. Martin's Pl, London WC2H 0HE 
£170 GBP for outside counsel and £120 for in-house counsel
Separate registration is required.

 
Registration

This event is exclusive to members of the Product Liability Forum at BIICL, IADC members and invited guests. Invitations will be sent directly to members.

If you have any queries, please contact the Events team.

CPD Information

This event offers the equivalent of 2 CPD hours.

Contact

If you have any queries, please contact the Events team. 

Event Recording

Please note that our events may be photographed or recorded. These materials will be used for internal and external promotional purposes only by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. If you object to appearing in recordings or photographs, please contact the Events team to let us know ahead of the event.

Event Cancellation Policy

When you register for an event you will be asked to confirm that you have read and understood our cancellation policy.

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