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Vincent Smith

Biography Dr Vincent Smith teaches at ESCP Business School (London and Paris) where he is an assistant professor, having been on the faculty as since 2015. His teaching at ESCP focuses on commercial law and governance. He also consults as a solicitor on regulatory (competition), commercial and EU law, having practised in both London and in Brussels. Before joining ESCP Vincent was a partner in private practice specialising in competition and collective redress matters. He has carried this…

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Eva Lein

Biography Eva is Professor at the University of Lausanne and Director of the Comparative Law Center at BIICL. Her fields of expertise are private international law, international dispute resolution and comparative law with a special focus on contract law and, more recently, digitalisation. She has also been a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London and at Queen Mary, Institute in Paris, a Visiting Professor at different institutions, including the University Paris I (Sorbonne),…

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Duncan Fairgrieve

Biography Duncan Fairgrieve is Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Law and Director of the Product Liability Forum  at the Institute. He is also Professor of Comparative Law at Université de Paris Dauphine in France. Duncan Fairgrieve is a leading comparative lawyer, with research interests spanning both comparative private and public law, with specific focus on three specific areas, comparative administrative law (with a particular interest in state liability), comparative law of…

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Product liability, litigation funding and collective actions - redressing the balance?

EVENTS Product liability, litigation funding and collective actions - redressing the balance? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location     Event Details The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) invites you to an international litigation evening seminar organised by its Product…

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A CLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable: The Future of Private Litigation and Collective Redress

EVENTS A CLF 21st Anniversary Roundtable: The Future of Private Litigation and Collective Redress Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location      Event Details The Competition Law Forum at BIICL invites you to join us on  September 10th, 2024 for a Roundtable on the future of private litigation…

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BIICL/IADC Meeting: Mass Torts and Emerging Risks - European and US Perspectives

EVENTS BIICL/IADC Meeting: Mass Torts and Emerging Risks - European and US Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the IADC and the BIICL Product Liability Forum  Event Details This in-person event will be bring together European experts to take a look at developments in products…

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EAPIL-BIICL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation

EVENTS EAPIL-BIICL Seminar on the Rome II Regulation Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with EAPIL Event Details  A joint seminar hosted by the European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL) and the  British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). The Seminar…

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Surveying European Developments in Product Liability

EVENTS Surveying European Developments in Product Liability Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location     Event Details This in-person event will be bring together European experts to take a look at developments in products cases, including from the perspective of Collective Redress, with a group of distinguished…

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The Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: How do we maintain English arbitration law as state of the art?

EVENTS The Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: How do we maintain English arbitration law as state of the art? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised with  Event Details The Law Commission has recently reviewed the Arbitration Act 1996 to ensure that it continues to promote the UK as a leading…

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The Climate Case against Total in France: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

EVENTS The Climate Case against Total in France:  Lessons Learned and Future Prospects Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Event Details Climate litigation is developing in a large number of countries around the world. Alongside lawsuits against states, there are more and more lawsuits against companies.…

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Collective Redress: Claiming, Defending and Judging

EVENTS Collective Redress: Claiming, Defending and Judging Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Aston University Law school Event Details An afternoon conference taking a comparative look at collective redress from the point of view…

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Collective Redress: Emerging Practice and Everyday Use

EVENTS Collective Redress: Emerging Practice and Everyday Use Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Co-organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Aston University Law school Event Details In light of the rise in high-profile collective claims, this event will consider the evolving…

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Damages Claims for Mass Data Breaches: Uk and European Perspectives

EVENTS Damages Claims for Mass Data Breaches: UK and European Perspectives Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by: Event Details In light of the recent hearing before the UK Supreme Court in the case of Lloyd v Google, this event will look across the Channel in order to assess the developing European…

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The Representative Actions Directive - a class action for Europe?

After many years of discussion, the EU Representative Actions Directive was finally promulgated in early December last year. The European institutions have had a long-standing interest in consumer redress & group actions dating back to at least 1980s. The first concrete result of that was the Injunctions Directive passed in 1998, which though solely a regulatory measure, was nonetheless very significant development as the first EU legislation covering in a general way on civil procedural…

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The Representative Actions Directive – a class action for Europe?

EVENTS The Representative Actions Directive - a class action for Europe? Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location    Event Details This webinar will examine the recently-adopted EU Representative Actions Directive and consider its impact on cross-border and domestic collective redress actions across Europe.…

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Breathing Space - Guidelines for the resolution of disputes in the 2020 pandemic

EVENTS Breathing Space - Guidelines for the resolution of disputes in the 2020 pandemic Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location     Event Details BIICL's "Breathing Space" series considers how the legal and business communities might respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to foster economic recovery.…

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Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials

WEBINAR Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Recording of the webinar Virtual Justice in France, UK & US: Status & Challenges of Remote Hearings & Trials Organised in partnership with: Event Details The…

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Bringing claims for mass data-breaches

EVENTS Bringing claims for mass data-breaches Event - Tags Share Links Event - Timings and Location Sponsored by Event Details In light of increasingly high-profile cases concerning remedies for data breaches, this event will consider the different perspectives on accountability for mass data-breaches. Convened by the British…

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Collective Redress in the EU, Central & South East Europe

Time: 17:30-19:00 (Registration open from 17:00) Venue: British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP This seminar takes the recent developments at an EU level in respect of Collective Redress mechanisms as the context for examining the development of mechanisms for resolving mass disputes in the regions of Central Europe and South East Europe. Leading speakers will discuss whether existing collective redress procedures provide…

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Study on Collective Redress for the European Commission

BIICL conducted a study for the European Commission, in a research consortium with Civic Consulting and Risk & Policy Analysts (RPA), and supported by the Office for Economic Policy and Regional Development (EPRD). The more than 1000 pages study analyses the state of collective redress in the EU in context of the implementation of the Commission Recommendation (2013/396/EU) on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States. The…

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