Product liability

No business is immune to product failure, no matter how big or sophisticated. Some of the worst cases have hit companies that could have prevented the risk.

At Pinsent Masons, we have a product liability team with outstanding experience. We work across the UK, Ireland, France, Germany and Spain helping you avoid product problems before they happen and, if they do, we help you recover losses and reduce regulatory impacts.

Our product liability team 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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Our latest work

Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names in the market. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and industry sectors.

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    Advised a publicly traded medical device company on the defence of a number of product liability claims (over 50 actions) against a medical device manufacturer seeking damages arising from the alleged defects in metal on metal hip components. The claims have been raised in Scotland alleging defects under the Consumer Protection Act and at common law.

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    Advised a car manufacturer on its defence against damage claims by customers based on a worldwide recall regarding NOx emission of Diesel vehicles.

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    Acted for one of the world’s largest life sciences companies in the defence of product liability litigation relating to a market-leading immunology product.

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    Advised two of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies on product liability litigation regarding vaccines.

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    Acting for a UK based equipment hire company to defend a multi-million pound breach of contract and product liability claim arising from a fatal accident at one of its customer’s depots and involving additional claims against the manufacturer of the machine in question.

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    Advised a medical device manufacturer on the defence of claims alleging defect and incorrect marketing of medical devices. A large number of claimants have raised claims against medical in-vitro mesh products alleging injury and ongoing disability in consequence of alleged defect in the medical products. The issue was subject also to Parliamentary hearings and inquiry.

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    Advised and represented a US-based client on claims for damages based on tort and product liability against the German-based manufacturer. The claims were pursued against in the German insolvency proceedings over the manufacturer's assets.

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    Representing one of the world’s leading manufacturers of tanks and silos in a product liability expertise and subsequent dispute concerning defective products initiated by one of the sub-purchaser of a tank.

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    Advising a US company specialising in software on a product liability case in the technology industry, relating to allegedly defective software that they implemented.

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    Advised a major Northern Ireland manufacturer on a successful multi million pound product liability and breach of contract claim. which arose after the defendant, one of the world's largest adhesive manufactures, supplied our client with defective product.

Our expertise, at your disposal

With over 490 partners and 3000 people around the world, we are well-placed to support you across a full range of legal and advisory services.

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