The Impact of Brexit on the Regulatory and Legislative Approaches to Cross-border Consumer Protection and Digital Consumer Rights
Wednesday, 2nd May 2018, 9:15 am - 1:00 pm
Registration from 9:00 amThe University of Strathclyde, the Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe (SULNE) and the Scottish Government are hosting an invite-only roundtable discussion on the impact of Brexit on the regulatory and legislative approaches to cross-border consumer protection and digital consumer rights.
Professor Alastair Hudson, Head of Strathclyde Law School will chair the event, Dr Lorna Gillies, Lecturer in Commercial Law will update on behalf the SULNE network and Michael Russell MSP, Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland’s Place in Europe, will provide an update on behalf of the Scottish Government.
This event will bring together academics, student representatives, parliamentarians, practitioners and policy-makers working in the field of consumer rights and look at two topics in the context of Brexit and the new consumer advice and advocacy powers of the Scottish Parliament:
-Consumer protection in a post-Brexit Scotland: Regulatory Opportunities, Challenges for Devolved Competences, Securing Legislative Equivalence; and
-Consumer’s cross-border rights in a post-Brexit Scotland: Digital Rights, Competition Issues and Financial Services
If you would like to register to attend please email: lorna.e.gillies@strath.ac.uk
Who should attend?
Academics, student representatives, parliamentarians, practitioners and policy-makers working in the field of consumer rights and looking at the two topics in the context of Brexit and the new consumer advice and advocacy powers of the Scottish Parliament.
Benefits of attending
The event will provide an opportunity for you to understand the Scottish Government’s position on the on-going UK-EU Negotiation and for some of Scotland’s key policy makers and advisers to hear from you on what you see as the key issues at stake. Crucially, it will also give you the opportunity to help develop further thinking on how Scotland and the UK can best protect consumer rights post-Brexit. Following the event a SULNE e-book and position paper will be produced informed by the discussion.
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