Law Society hosts EU Commissioner for Justice,
Vice-President Viviane Reding
Law Society Vice-President, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, hosted a
roundtable discussion in Brussels with EU Commissioner for Justice,
fundamental rights and citizenship, Vice-President Viviane Reding
on Friday 23rd of March.
Practitioners with a wide range of expertise in
business-to-consumer and business-to-business contracts took the
opportunity to set out their views and ideas on the initiative for
a Common European Sales Law and, more generally, on how to improve
cross-border commerce. The Law Society has engaged with a
broad cross-section of the profession, including practitioners from
a variety of law firms and in-house counsel, in order to create a
balanced stance from a practitioner perspective.
Lucy Scott-Moncrieff said: “The Law Society's remit is to
promote the valuable role of solicitors and their practical
expertise. This successful event was an opportunity for
solicitors from many parts of the profession to explain their views
and ideas about this and other policies which aim to improve
cross-border commerce.”
The Law Society will continue to provide solicitor expertise as
the debate progresses and input to this and other areas of EU
justice policy.
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