Conference: Increasing Access to Justice through EU Class Actions: A Conference for Litigators and Policy Makers – 12 and 13 November, Brussels

PILA is attending and co-organising a conference on class actions – with the central point being whether there may be an EU law basis for class actions. 

There is an excellent line-up of speakers including a lawyer who drafted Poland's law on opt-in class actions;

• the former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Ireland Michael McDowell
• former vice president of the European Parliament Diana Wallis
• Boston lawyer Jan Schlichtmann who was portrayed by John Travolta in the film "A Civil Action"
• Prof. Laura Caraballo of Spain; Prof. Rachael Mulheron of Queen Mary University, London
• Michele Carpagnano, co-author of a recent report on class actions for the European Parliament's Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee.

Click here to see the conference's facebook page  for more details. 

Click here to register.