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Annual Conference 2025

Brussels, Friday 26 and Saturday 27 September 2025

10.25 CPD hours

Registration open
Early bird rate applies until 1 July
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Conference venue:

The Hotel. BRUSSELS
Boulevard de Waterloo 38,
1000 Brussels
Belgium

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:

Thursday 25 September

– Pre-registration and welcome drinks reception at Plein Publiek

Friday 26 September
Morning session 

– Talk on Rome II and its implications

– Annual General Meeting

– Panel: Key updates in personal injury law across Europe

– Claims related to medical negligence and gender-based systemic disadvantages

Friday 26 September
Afternoon session

– Panel: The AI Act: future impact on rights and access to justice

– Update on case law from the Court of Justice of the EU

– The impact of the EU Motor Insurance Directive on newer EU member states

– Discussion: ATE insurance and alternative litigation financing options

– New Lawyers Group update

– PEOPIL Fun Run

Friday evening 26 September

– Drinks reception and dinner-dance at The Hotel.

Saturday 27 September
 Morning session

– Panel: Comparative approaches to claims against public bodies

– Claims involving short-term rental and home swap platforms

– Discussion on vulnerable claimants in personal injury cases

Afternoon event

– Tour and lunch at Belgian Beer World

Thursday 25 September 2025

19:00 – 22:00 

Pre-registration and welcome drinks reception at Plein Publiek
Kunstberg 5, 1000 Brussels

Friday 26 September 2025

Day 1

08:30 – 09:00 

Registration

09:00 – 09:20

Opening and Welcome by Peopil President Ana Romero and

Frank Judo, Dean of the Flemish Bar Association
Chair morning session: Joakim Jäderström - General Board Member Sweden/Legare Advokatbyrå

09:20 – 09:50

Update on Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Speaker
  • Prof. Jean-Marc Binon – Former Legal Secretary CJEU/Professor at University of Louvain
Presentation Tim Draycott

09:50- 10:20

Annual General Meeting
Speaker
  • Fabiola Medeiros, MD – Los Angeles, California

10:20- 10:50

Coffee break

10:50 – 11:30

Panel: Key updates in Personal Injury Law across Europe
Panellists:
  • Natalia Astigarraga – General Board Member Spain/Astrom Legal
  • Liam Moloney – General Board Member Ireland/Moloney & Co.
  • Giulia Oberto – General Board Member Italy/Stdio Legale Bona Olivae associati
  • Emma Dinaprast – Cabinet Bibal, France

11:30 – 12:30

Claims related to medical negligence and gender: the impact of systemic disadvantages
Speakers
  • Prof. Dr. Angela Maas – Heart for Women, Netherlands
  • Marijke Weewauters – Belgian Institute of Gender Equality
  • Guillaume van Hulle – Belgian Institute of Gender Equality 

12:30 – 13:45

Lunch
Chair afternoon session: Sarah Crowther KC - Outer Temple Chambers, England

13:45 – 14:15

Panel discussion: the AI Act: Future impact on rights and Access to Justice
Panellists
  • Brando Benifei – MEP Italy
  • tbc
  • Adam Morawski – Morawski International Law Firm, Poland

14:15 – 15:00

Navigating barriers to access justice in today's political climate
Speakers
  • Christopher Deacon – Stewarts, England on
    EU-UK Cooperation following Brexit – PEOPIL’s Position Paper on the Rights of Personal Injury & Fatal Accident Victims in the field of Jurisdiction and Enforcement
  • Linda Lipsen – Chief Executive Officer American Association for Justice, USA on
    Current political roadblocks for accessing justice in the US

15:00 – 15:30

The impact on the EU Motor Insurance Directive on the newer EU member states
Speakers
  • Ruder Anic – Anic Parneri, Croatia
  • Loucia Astreou – Tassos Papadopoulos & Associates, Cyprus
  • Loredana Dumbrava – General Board Member Romania/JGV

15:30 – 15:45

Coffee break

15:45 – 16:45

Access to Justice: Alternatives in Financing Litigation
Speakers
  • Marco Bona – Studio Legale Bona Oliva, Italy
  • Mark Harvey – Hugh James, Wales
  • tbc – ARAG, England
  • Martin Hablützel – schadenanwaelte.ch, Switzerland

16:45 – 17:00

New Lawyers Group Update

17:30 – 18:30

PEOPIL's ANNUAL FUN RUN

20:00 – 01:00

DRINKS AND DINNER-DANCE at The Hotel

Saturday 27 September 2025

Day 2

Chair: Mirella Hartman - Beer advocaten, Netherlands

10:00 –  10:45

Claims against Public Bodies: a comparative panel discussion on legal approaches across jurisdictions
Speakers
  • Ana Romero – Peopil President/Astrom Legal, Spain
  • Alice Kubu Frybova – Holubová advokáti, Czech Republic
  • Silvio Riesen – General Board Member Switzerland/schadenanwaelte.ch
  • Solenn le Tutour – General Board member France/Le Tutour Avocats

10:45 – 11:30

Litigation Personal Injury claims against short-term rental platforms and home swap companies
Speakers
  • Katherine Deal KC – 3 Hare Court Chambers, England
  • Thomas Scolaro – Scolaro Law, USA
  • Gerrit Nagel – Beer advocaten, Netherlands 

11:30 –  12:00

Coffee break

12:00 – 12:30

Empowering the Vulnerable - legal strategies across jurisdictions
Speakers
  • Jo Brine – JMW Solicitors, England
  • Kader Çelik – KC Advocatuur, Netherlands
  • Natalia Starzyk – Gostyński & Partners, Poland

12:30 – 12:40

Closing remarks by the Peopil President

13:30

Tour in Belgian Beer World followed by Lunch in La Bourse 

 

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NOW: Day 2 - Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

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Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
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31-007 Kraków

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NOW: Day 1 - Joint Conference of the RTA & NLG SIG's

Kraków, Poland
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
31-007 Kraków

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