Simon Castley

Partner, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Simon is a partner in the Litigation and Arbitration group at CMS. He has extensive expertise in product liability, regulation, and class action issues with a sector focus on consumer products and manufacturing industry, including major FMCG and automotive companies.

Simon is increasingly involved in supporting manufacturers in connection with new legislation that has the potential to create an unfavourable regulatory environment and adversely impact the levels of claims against them.

Simon was previously the London office managing partner of a prominent US litigation (defendant) practice specialising in product liability law.

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Product liability risk management for producers

Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains the risks faced by producers in respect of their liability to members of the public for dangerous or sub-standard products, and the steps which producers can take to manage that risk.

Commercial

Product liability—product safety—checklist

Checklists

This Checklist sets out the key issues for consideration by a business when dealing with a product safety matter. It sets out what a business should consider when designing systems to manage product liability risk in this area, including with reference to the Code of Practice on Product recalls and other corrective actions (PAS 7100:2022).

Commercial