Thursday, April 4, 2024

Festive Hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna)

Developments in Tort Law in Europe 2023

Chairs: tba

09:00 CET     Brief reports on the following jurisdictions:
                       Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Denmark, England & Wales

10:40              Coffee break

11:00             Brief reports on the following jurisdictions:
                       Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy

12:30              Lunch Break (light buffet provided)

13:30             Brief reports on the following jurisdictions:
                       Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania

15:00              Break

15:20             Brief reports on the following jurisdictions:
                       Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, European Union

16:30             End of presentations

 

Friday, April 5, 2024

Festive Hall of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna)

Comparative Remarks and Special Session

Chair: tba

09:00 CET    Corinne Widmer Lüchinger: Developments in Tort Law in Europe 2023 – Comparative Remarks

                      followed by discussion

09:45            Break

10:00            Bernhard A Koch: Introduction to Product Liability
                      Zoé Jacquemin: Discovery, the Burden of Proof, and Presumptions

11:30            Break

12:00           Michael Faure: Economic Analysis
                     Gerhard Wagner: General Assessment of the New Regime

13:30           Panel discussion
14:00           End of conference