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Updating the EU's product liability and safety regimes is a process which has been underway for a significant time.

On 19 November 2025 the European Commission published guidelines for the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)...

The EU's "General Food Law" introduced a number of definitions of food and feed risk in order to bring greater cohesion to food regulation and risk management across the EU Member States.

The EU's new Product Liability Directive is set to transform consumer protection and business liability across Ireland by December 2026. This final article in a three-part series examines how the modernized...

The new EU Medical Device Regulations, which are due to be voted on by the European Parliament, will result in increased post market surveillance and vigilance requirements for medical device manufacturers.

On 13 February 2013 the European Commission ("the Commission") proposed new rules to improve the safety of products circulating in the European Union ("the Union") and to improve market surveillance.

The manufacturer must reimburse the product replacement costs where such replacement is necessary to restore the level of safety which a person is entitled to expect.

A commencement order is awaited in respect of section 124 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Act) which was signed into law on 5 July 2023.

Less than a year before the transposition of the revised Product Lability Directive1, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has provided some welcome clarification on the application of the limitation periods...

On 18 November 2024, the Product Liability Directive (the "PLD") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union...

The Product Liability Directive EU 2024/2853 introduces sweeping changes to Irish product liability law, expanding definitions to include software and digital products, introducing new categories of compensable damage, and establishing rebuttable presumptions that shift the burden of proof. How will these modernized protections impact Irish businesses operating in technology, medical devices, and digital services sectors as they navigate increased compliance obligations and extended liability exposure?

New and emerging technologies – such as autonomous, self-learning and artificially intelligent products, advanced robotics and the Internet of Things – are an increasing feature across...

It is fair to say that the last number of years have seen a shift in terms of the shape of the liability regime for the life sciences industry, as well as industry more broadly.

The European Commission (the "Commission") has published a draft Directive[1] which, if implemented, would introduce, for the first time in Ireland, a style of class action litigation by consumers against corporates.

Recent European regulations, which came into force on 12 June 2019, have added new substances to the lists of substances prohibited or restricted in cosmetic products.

The new Product Liability Directive marks the most significant overhaul of product liability law in nearly four decades.

The EU and UK have recently introduced several legislative changes which update the existing statutory regime on product liability and safety.