IBA Annual Conference Seoul 2019

22 Sep - 27 Sep 2019

Room 318 C, Floor 3

Session information

An analysis of issues in the liability and the assessment of damages for injury or loss caused to users of digital platforms providing taxi, accommodation or other services such as illegal kickback systems in banking

Wednesday 25 September (1615 - 1730)

Room 318 C, Floor 3

Committee(s)

Negligence and Damages Committee (Lead)

Description

The panel will discuss approaches to causation and the assessment of damages in the digital era the extent to which rules developed at the dawn of product liability are applicable where services are contracted electronically, and whether damages in services liability has ‘grown up’.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Professor Abdulwahab Egbewole SAN Faculty of Law University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Vice Chair, Negligence and Damages Committee
Jack Husbands Lawton Chambers, Road Town, British Virgin Islands; Chair, Negligence and Damages Committee

Speakers

Professor Yusuf Ali SAN Yusuf Ali & Co, Ilorin, Nigeria
Myung-Ahn Kim Yoon & Yang, Seoul, South Korea
Lucinda Orr Enyo Law LLP, London, England
Helmut Schwarzler Schwarzler Attorneys at Law, Vaduz, Liechtenstein