Product Liability
Product compliance and reliability is key to sustainable trading performance and reputation . There are few more delicate situations to handle when things go seriously wrong with a product on the market.
Our product liability team, led by Jacqueline Harris, covers the full range of product related challenges including :
- Civil claims and defence – bringing and defending financial claims for losses due to product defects ( both widespread ,and isolated but serious) including handling quantum via our forensic accounting team
- Product regulatory compliance – keeping product lawfully on sale
- Product defects – addressing issues around fact gathering , risk assessment and control , warnings, withdrawals and recalls
- Regulatory defence – handling interfaces with trading standards and other relevant authorities including criminal defence
- Broad product experience – we cover a wide range of products from pharma , implants ,food , consumer goods and electricals , to vehicle components , chemicals , construction products and industrials (such as switchgear, turbines , UPS , compressors etc )
- Broad capability - our team includes people with decades of experience in insurance , engineering , retail compliance , trading standards , OPSS and accounting
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Meet the team
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Jacqueline Harris
Partner
Jacqueline is a specialist in product liability and regulation and commercial litigation. She has over 30 years experience and is recognised as a leading lawyer in both commercial litigation and product liability.
Chamika Hand
Legal Director
Chamika is a Legal Director with over 17 years' experience in Insurance and Reinsurance. With a focus on complex litigation and arbitration (including Bermuda Form arbitrations), Chamika specialises in advising Insurers on the coverage and defence of claims relating to professional liability, product liability and cyber liability.
Melina Wolman
Partner
Melina heads the Paris litigation team. She assists and represents French and international clients in France and abroad, in particular in cross-border disputes dealing with issues such as conflict of law and jurisdiction and devising international litigation strategies. She represents clients in commercial, product liability, distribution and art law disputes.
Sibylle Schumacher
Rechtsanwältin, Partner, Co-head of Litigation, Regulatory & Tax
Sibylle heads the German Dispute Resolution Practice and advises in complex and cross-border litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Louise Nahon
Legal Director
Louise specialises in commercial litigation matters with a particular focus on product liability, engineering and environmental disputes, and regulatory product safety compliance and defence. She also has substantial experience of warranty disputes, IT and PFI disputes.
Katie Hancock
Senior Associate
Katie has a broad range of experience in commercial dispute resolution, including in the fields of litigation, arbitration and mediation. Katie also advises on internal investigations and reputation management.