PIP Report – 01-03-2017
On 16 February 2017, the European Court of Justice answered the questions referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court) concerning the interpretation of Directive 93/42 on medical devices on the occasion of Madame Schmitt's file, a German carrier of PIP
PIP report Nº6
TÜV, the German body responsible for the certification of PIP breast implants, was sentenced last January 20, 2017 by the Toulon Commercial Court in France, to compensate with 3,000 € to 20,000 plaintiffs, all victims of fraudulent prosthetics. This is a
ACCIDENTE DE BARCO EN BALI
El pasado 15 de septiembre de 2016 tuvo lugar un accidente en Bali (Indonesia), al producirse la explosión de un barco que transportaba a 35 turistas de nacionalidades francesa, inglesa, española, portuguesa, italiana, austriaca, alemana, irlandesa, suiza y holandesa, además
Bus accident in Barcelona
A coach crashed in Barcelona on its way to El Prat airport on the 14th September 2016. At least 24 people were injured among which three seriously injured, six less severely and fifteen slightly injured. The people traveling on the
Deadly train crash in north-west Spain
At least four people have been killed and 47 hurt in a train crash near O Porrino in north-western Spain. About 60 passengers were on the Portuguese train when it derailed just outside the station. Those killed were the Portuguese
2016 Global Justice Network Spring Conference
Global Justice Network’s recently held its 2016 Spring Conference in Madrid. More than thirty members of different countries attended to the meetings. The “Círculo de Bellas Artes” building, in the heart of Madrid, was the most appropriate venue for so many
Successful claim filed by the law firm BCVLex against the Spanish Tax Agency
This publication is intended for non-resident citizens in Spain who have paid succession or donation taxes in Spain in the last four years. Several complaints addressed to the Spanish Tax Agency have been won representing non-resident French in our country. The Court
Metrojet A321 Sinai Tragedy
As days pass, families of deceased passengers of the Metrojet accident, the worst air catastrophe to hit Russian civil aviation, are still unable to fathom their devastating loss. Even worse, they have to endure the continuous bombardment from mass media
10th seminar of The European Air Law Association on liability
The European Air Law Association (EALA) organizes, on September the 14th in Munich, the 10th seminar on Liability, passenger rights, and insurance in the air transport and aerospace industries. This will involve, inter alia, aspects related to the Regulation 261/2004 , legal
Press realease nº3 PIP
On July 2nd, 2015, the Aix-en-Provence Court of appeal published its judgment on the appeal lodged by the notified body, TÜV Rheinland (TÜV), regarding the decision rendered against it by the Commercial Court of Toulon on November 13th. The decision