2/4/2026 11:36:32 AM Repair instead of replace: Germany moves to implement the EU Right to Repair Directive By Elisabeth Weber Stefanie Fay Anita Bell Arwen Rebholz +1 more... Show less Introduction The German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection has recently published a draft bill to implement the Right to...
12/22/2025 11:30:48 AM New terms of reference for UK product liability reform project By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Rachel Duffy Laura Feldman Lulu Valentine +2 more... Show less On 8 December 2025, the UK Law Commission published its Terms of Reference (ToR) for its product liability law review, providing some...
11/12/2025 11:12:35 AM Product Risks Today: Germany’s approach for a new Product Safety Act By Laura Knoke Moritz Becker Anita Bell Rixa Kuhmann +1 more... Show less Introduction The German government has introduced a draft bill to update its national Product Safety Act (Produktsicherheitsgesetz –...
10/3/2025 9:04:12 AM Novel UK High Court claim against Amazon for a product sold via an online marketplace settles By Andrew Austin James Raeside Kristina Weiler Harriet Hanks Rachel Duffy Alexandra Yang +3 more... Show less A claim which was launched against an online marketplace in August in the English High Court had the potential to test the boundaries of...
9/19/2025 9:49:33 AM What's next for UK product liability? By Andrew Austin Harriet Hanks Rachel Duffy We recently wrote about the prospect of future reform of the UK product liability framework (here), which may see the UK’s product...
9/16/2025 11:14:23 AM Product Risks Today: The draft implementation bill of the EU Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +1 more... Show less Introduction With the adoption of the new EU Product Liability Directive 2024/2853 (the Directive) in December 2024, EU Member States...
7/22/2025 4:57:54 PM The UK’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act enters into force By Andrew Austin Rachel Duffy Harriet Hanks Laura Feldman Braun Scott +2 more... Show less The UK’s Product Regulation and Metrology Act (the Act) received Royal Assent on 21 July 2025, with the majority of the Act coming into...
5/26/2025 7:54:03 AM Product Risks Today: Digital services in the scope of the new Product Liability Directive By Moritz Becker Lutz Riede Kristina Weiler Anita Bell Hannah Meyer +2 more... Show less Introduction The new Product Liability Directive (PLD) marks a significant evolution in European liability law. While traditionally...
4/1/2025 8:25:46 AM Product Risks Today: How the new Product Liability Directive facilitates private enforcement By Moritz Becker Anita Bell Hannah Meyer Introduction The EU’s new Product Liability Directive (PLD), effective as of 8 December 2024, brings significant updates to the 1985...
2/20/2025 7:17:45 PM Criminal Product Liability in Germany: Impact of the New EU Product Liability Directive and Product Safety Regulation By Simone Kämpfer Annika Kreis Philip Kroner Torsten Lauth +1 more... Show less The new Product Liability Directive (PLD, Directive (EU) 2024/2853), which entered into force on 8 December 2024, provides for a major...
2/6/2025 1:03:47 PM Product Risks Today: Implications of the new General Product Safety Regulation for Sellers of Second-Hand Products By Andrew Austin Laura Knoke Lorand Bartels Anita Bell +1 more... Show less Introduction The European Union's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR), which came into force on 13 December 2024, marks a...
12/13/2024 8:26:17 AM Product Risks Today: New General Product Safety Regulation set to transform the EU product compliance framework By Andrew Austin Moritz Becker Laura Knoke Harriet Hanks Anita Bell Rixa Kuhmann +3 more... Show less Introduction Today, on 13 December 2024, the new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) comes into force, introducing modernised safety...