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At the end of 2023, the EU institutions informally agreed on the EU Directive on Liability for Defective Products (the “New PLD”), which will repeal (and thus replace) the existing EU Product Liability Directive (the “Existing PLD”). The New PLD will substantially change the EU product liability landscape as it has existed for the last 40 years, as we discuss below.
On 12 January the UK signed the 2019 Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters. This welcome development will give confidence to commercial parties that UK judgments within the scope of Hague 2019 will be recognised and enforced by other contracting states – including EU member states (except Denmark) – after the convention enters into force for the UK.
The English High Court has recently awarded damages in a data privacy case, with two features of particular interest. First, the nature of the claim is more reminiscent of a claim in defamation than for data privacy breaches, which is a development in the use of data protection legislation. Secondly, the damages awarded (perhaps influenced by the nature of the case) were unusually high for a data privacy case.
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