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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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NEWS
AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Sean’s Place, a men’s mental health charity based in Sefton, as part of its ongoing Giving Back initiative
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
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