Update (13/03): Event has been postponed by organiser. Updates will be communicated here.
Title: The Continued Relevance of Consumer Law and the need for more Vigilant Consumer Agencies
Date: [Event Postponed]
Time: [Event Postponed]
Venue: Chamber of Advocates Conference Hall
The Department of Commercial Law at the University of Malta, in conjunction with the Chamber of Advocates, through its Malta Law Academy Foundation, is organising its Annual Consumer Law Conference on [Event Postponed]. The event will take place from [Event Postponed] at the Chamber of Advocates Conference Hall.
This year's theme is 'The Continued Relevance of Consumer Law and the need for more Vigilant Consumer Agencies'.
The speakers will address different perspectives, developments and mishaps involving consumer rights and consumer safety, including recent Maltese court judgements, the new 'omnibus' directive recently introduced by the European Commission and passenger problems in the airline industry.
The Hon. Chief Justice Dr Joseph Azzopardi will inaugurate the Conference and Dr David Fabri (Head of the Department of Commercial Law and Conference organiser) will deliver the first talk focussing on recent consumer mishaps and misadventures.
Keynote speaker, Mr Martin Seychell, Deputy Director General DG SANTE at the European Commission, will discuss the role of regulation, its challenges in ensuring consumer safety and will evaluate a number of safety and consumer concerns in the health sector.
Four leading legal practitioners, who are also UM academics and experts in the field, will participate and talk about various issues. Dr Lorna Mifsud Cachia will give a critique of three recent judgements, on consumer law, by the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The implications of a recent local Court of Appeal Decision on the role of consumer authorities in the enforcement of consumer law will be reviewed by Dr Antoine Grima while Dr Clive Aquilina Spagnol will focus recent consumer and competition issues affecting passengers due to recent incidents involving well-known airlines. Dr Annalies Muscat will examine the recently published Consumer Rights Omnibus Directive which Malta is required to transpose in the coming months.
The conference will conclude with an address by Rev. Dr John Berry, Dean of the Faculty of Theology.
The fee will be EUR 20 for Chamber members and EUR 30 for non-members. Seating capacity is limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
Bookings and payment may be done online through: www.avukati.central.mt.