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Hundreds of civil parties were invited to appear before the Paris Criminal Court today for a first hearing. Some lost their entire families in this disaster. Others, scarred for life, live with indelible grief. Many indirect victims have since passed away without ever receiving any answers. I represent several members of passengers’ families in this…

Solenn Le Tutour spoke in a panel on class actions in Europe about how French law has enacted the Directive on representative actions. France is an opt-out system, requires that the class action be started by a registered association. Interestingly French law created a civil fine and a fund dedicated to finance class actions and…

Solenn Le Tutour spoke to the annual conference of PEOPLIL in Brussels on the liability regime of public bodies in France. This liability is incurred in case of negligence of a French public hospital towards a patient, for instance. The time limitation and liability regime of French public administrations should be carefully discussed with a…

Solenn Le Tutour participated in a panel discussion on international class actions, analysing the applicable law as decided in the French PIP case and the prerequisites for working on long-term cases requiring extensive cooperation between law firms in several countries. 

On 15 July 2023, Solenn Le Tutour spoke at the annual convention of the American Association for Justice. This association gathers every year several thousand American and European lawyers specialised in civil liability. Solenn Le Tutour presented the draft European Union directives on product liability and artificial intelligence, the new rules on product safety as…

On 27th June 2023, Solenn Le Tutour was invited to take part to the French radio programme ‘Affaires Sensibles’, broadcasted on France Inter. The programme focused on the helicopter accident that occurred on 9th March 2015 in Argentina, during the filming of the television programme ‘Dropped’. She was joined by Valérie Guinard, President of the…

On 22 April 2023, Solenn Le Tutour took part in the PEOPIL conference on international aviation. The Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers is a not-for-profit organisation whch aims at improving and promoting judicial co-operation and mutual knowledge of legal and judicial systems of European jurisdictions in the field of personal injury law. Solenn Le…

On 6 March 2023, Solenn Le Tutour took part to the conference organised by APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers). She discussed the topic of product liability alongside Sarah Moore (Hausfeld), Hugh Preston KC (7BR) and Natalie Truman (Irwin Mitchell). APIL is an English not-for-profit association which gathers nearly 3.000 members and aims at acting for…

In December 2022, Le Tutour Avocats initiated pre-trail discovery proceedings aimed at obtaining the communication of a certain number of documents held by the ALLERGAN company as well as by the LNE/GMED, the notified body that certified the textured breast implants marketed by this manufacturer. This procedure is an essential prerequisite for any legal action…

Le Tutour Avocats is exploring, with its American colleagues, the liabilities incurred following the plane crash of 13 August 2022 in Lake Powel, Arizona, in the United States, which caused the dramatic death of two people and serious injuries to others on board. It appears that the victims were on a trip to the western…

On Tuesday 5th April, a Boeing 777-300 ER operated by Air France, flying from New York to Paris, experienced an in-flight control instability during its descent to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. The aircraft became unresponsive and the pilots applied the so-called “go-around” safety procedure, allowing the aircraft to regain altitude rather than land. The BEA opened…

On the occasion of the Conference on Product Liability and Mass Claims on May 12 and 13, 2022 organized by PEOPIL, Solenn Le Tutour will speak alongside Anthony Tarricone (Kreindler) and Mark Harvey (Hugh James) on the compensation of victims of international air accidents. She will address, in a spirit of comparison with common law…

Le Tutour Avocats represents the members of the family of one of the employees of the production company, which was found liable for their damages  On 9 March 2015, during the filming of the reality show called Dropped, the concept of which was stopped as a result of the accident, four former top French sportsmen…

Courts and Tribunals have had to find solutions to comply with social distancing requirements during the coronavirus crisis Hearings and trials are a moment of debate where, the substance of the law,  the voice, the intonation, the language of the body have their importance to carry the conviction of the judge. So how have courts…