On 22 May 2015 a preliminary session, part of the criminal proceedings for the fire onboard the NORMAN ATLANTIC, has been held in Bari, presided by the competent Italian Judge, Dr.ssa Piliego. During this session (a) the victims/passengers and bereaved families have been officially announced, as represented by their proxy lawyers, (b) the technical experts have […]

The Court and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Bari served us on 24/4 2015, on behalf of the passengers and families of missing passengers of NORMAN ATLANTIC represented by our office, a notice on the preliminary meeting to be held on May 22, 2015 in Bari. During this meeting, official appointment of the technical experts […]

Silina Pavlakis participated as a speaker in the seminar of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law on Rome II Regulation, held in London on March 24, 2015. In this seminar, distinguished practitioners and academics from the UK and abroad gave an update on the application of the Regulation in different national courts and […]

A Philadelphia jury decided Johnson & Johnson must pay $2.5 million in damages for failing to warn that its Risperdal antipsychotic) could cause abnormal development of breasts in males (gynecomastia). The lawsuit was brought by the family of an autistic boy who took the drug in 2002 and later developed size 46 DD breasts. A […]

Lawyers from our office, on January 30, 2015, met with the Italian Prosecutors in Bari who are in charge of the investigation of the NORMAN ATLANTIC tragedy, and were updated, to the extent permitted by the procedural rules, on the progress and status of the investigation and the existing findings, primarily as far as the missing […]