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NLJ this week: Product liability under the spotlight

04 November 2022
Issue: 8001 / Categories: Legal News , Commercial
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The Product Liability Directive is to be overhauled, with the European Commission recently publishing its proposals for a more claimant-friendly set of laws. But what impact will this have in practice, particularly for post-Brexit Britain?

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Sarah Moore & Stuart Warmington of Hausfeld consider the proposed updates. These include easing the burden of proof in complex cases, increasing the statutory limitation period in personal injury claims and updating the rules for the digital age. 

Moore & Warmington write: ‘While these proposed amendments are potentially revolutionary in theory… there are good reasons to doubt their impact in practice.’

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