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Joint Conference of the Occupational Health and Tort Reform SIG's 2025

Turin, Italy, Thursday 20 and  Friday 21 November 2025

10.25 CPD hours

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Conference venue:

Accademia delle Scienze
Via Accademia delle Scienze, 6
10123 Torino
Italy

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The Hotel via this link 

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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:

Wednesday 19 November

– Pre-registration and welcome drinks reception at Studio Legale Ambrosio & Commodo

Thursday 20 November  – Occupational Health and Workplace Accidents Seminar

Morning session 

– Introductory Report: Why Turin?
The first ever judgement on work-related asbestosis

– Causal Link in Organisational Accidents – Lectio magistralis

– Protection of workers under the Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence

Afternoon session

– Human Rights and Work in the Digital Age

– Panel on Public Insurance against Accidents at Work and Compensation Claims – a comparative overview

– Drinks reception at MB.O Law Firm

Friday 21 November – Tort Reform and Access to Justice and Human Rights Seminar

Morning session

– Tort Law Reform: a comparative overview – Lectio Magistralis

– Tort reform in the USA

– Product Liability, AI, Class Action and Litigation Funding: Reform across Europe

Afternoon session

– Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer

– State Liability and Human Rights: the Role of Internawional Law and International Justice 

– Migrants, Human Rights, Shipwrecks

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 and beyond
Panellists:
  • Natalia Astigarraga – General Board Member Spain/Astrom Legal
  • Tzvi Brivik – Malcolm Lyons & Brivik, RSA
  • Liam Moloney – General Board Member Ireland/Moloney & Co.
  • Giulia Oberto – General Board Member Italy/Stdio Legale Bona Olivae associati

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
  • 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 and
  • Bruce Plaxen – President 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
  • tbc – Romania

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
  • Martin Hablützel – schadenanwaelte.ch, Switzerland
  • Mark Harvey – Hugh James, Wales

16:45 – 17:00

New Lawyers Group Update

17:30 – 18:30

PEOPIL's Annual Fun Run

19:30 – 00:30 

Drinks and Dinner-Dance at The Hotel
Dress code: smart casual

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

Kraków, Poland
Thursday 3 & Friday 4 April 2025

Address:
Assembly Hall of Jagiellonian University
ul. Gołębia 24
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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