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Product Liability Litigation
Dr Elizabeth Driver is a consultant in the London office. She is both a medical doctor and a lawyer, having worked in pathology and toxicology prior to becoming a lawyer. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. She focuses on the medical and scientific aspects of pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetic regulatory and litigation matters. Over the last 20 years, she has played key roles in some of the largest multiparty litigation cases in the UK and Europe. She has worked extensively for cosmetics companies and provides advice on borderline products, pharmacovigilance, and bioscience regulatory requirements.
Dr Driver has done pro bono work on breach of natural justice. She is also a qualified mediator.
Product Liability Litigation Representative Matters
- Product liability where representation is in the public domain include multi-claimant cases for Wyeth (benzodiazepine tranquillisers); Searle (intrauterine device); DuPont (pesticide); SP Veterinary (sheep dip); Schering (oral contraceptives); St. Jude Medical (heart valves); and Sanofi-Pasteur (sodium valproate).
- Product liability where representation is in the public domain include multi-claimant cases for Wyeth (benzodiazepine tranquillisers); Searle (intrauterine device); DuPont (pesticide); SP Veterinary (sheep dip); Schering (oral contraceptives); St. Jude Medical (heart valves); Sanofi-Pasteur (sodium valproate).
Chambers UK: A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2012 for Product Liability: Mainly Defendant
Chambers UK: A Client's Guide to the UK Legal Profession 2013 - Recommended for Product Liability: Mainly Defendant
The Legal 500 UK 2011 for Insurance - Product Liability: Defendant
Professional Activity
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Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society
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Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists
Community Activity
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Trustee, Enham (Charity for the physically disabled)
H Elizabeth Driver and Jacqueline Mulryne "Control of Advertising of Borderline Products: Medical Devices, Foods and Cosmetics" (PDF: 225 kB) The International Comparative Legal Guide to Pharmaceutical Advertising (London: Global Legal Group Limited) 2011
H Elizabeth Driver, Dr Alessandro Rospigliosi, Lincoln Tsang and Professor David Williams "Seminar: Nanotechnology in the UK & Europe-Advances in Nanotechnology: New Opportunities and Challenges" (PDF: 112 kB) Arnold & Porter (UK) LLP Seminar, March 28, 2007
"EU Court clarifies: borderline disputes and health claims" (PDF: 665 kB) Sep 2012
"Regulatory Compliance with European "Mad Cow" Rules for Pharmaceuticals" (PDF: 234 kB) Feb 2003