Tobacco Litigation 20 February 2015
Torben Bondrop of Plesner, Copenhagen, will deliver a lecture concerning the Danish tobacco litigation on 20 February 2014:
- Product liability for smoking-related damage outside the EU directive
- Public knowledge of health risks associated with smoking
- The concept of dependence, addiction or habituation
- The question of causality
- The state of the art defence (“system damage” in Scandinavia) within product liability
- Declarations of tar and nicotine – are they misleading?
- The EU Directive on product liability and claims for damages caused by cigarette smoking
- Is there room for a next case in Scandinavia on alcohol-related health damage?
Insurance Cover for Liability for Abuse 12 December 2014
The 12 December will be “Insurance Cover for Liability for Abuse2 presented by Colin Edelman QC of Devereux Chambers.
- Scope of “abuse”
- Categories of insured exposed to liability
- Types of responsive policy
- Ambit of “insured”
Annual Update on Insurance Law, 21 November
Professor Rob Merkin, University Of Exeter; Special Counsel, DLA Phillips Fox will present BILA’s Annual Update on Insurance Law
FIPG Networking Event – 6th November 2014
Over 100 law students attended BILA’s Future Insurance Professional Group annual networking event which took place on Thursday 6th November 2014.
Lunchtime lecture 17 October: Insurance Linked Securities
Chris Parry (Aon Benfield), Luca Albertini (Leadenhall Capital), Charlotte Acton (RMS), and Marco Silva (SCOR) will present “Insurance Linked Securities” on 17 October at The Old Library, Lloyd’s
September 19th: “Key Differences between Swiss and English Insurance Law”
Christian Felderer (SCOR, Zurich) and Lars Gerspacher (gbf attorneys-at-law, Zurich), Chairman and committee member, AIDA Swiss Chapter present “Key Differences between Swiss and English Insurance Law” on 19th September at Lloyd’s