The conference was a success and a number of our coalition partners were present. Brasilcon had a strong delegation and will be organising an event next year around the issues of responsible credit.
See the Conference website and programme below to find out more. Examples of some of the presentations related to financial services can be found below:
- Use of default: Lauren Willis, Doubts about defaults
- Litigation of consumer debt: Mary Spector, Protecting consumers on Collection litigation: exploring the litigation of consumer debts
- Use of payment plans: Paraskevi Paparseniou, Consumer overindebtedness: a new approach to an old phenomenon in Greece
- Protecting vulnerable groups: Tanya Woker, Understanding how the national credit act 2005 seeks to protect and assist over-indebted consumers in South Africa
- EU:Cristina Poncibo, Protecting the consumer in the EU financial Market: an interdisciplinary method
- Usury as a strategy for protection: Karin Sein, Protection of consumers against usurious loans, the Estonian experience
- Role and responsibilities of financial intermediaries: Michel de Muynck, Responsible Credit intermediation through risk based remuneration?
- The financial sector in the wake of recessions: A sample of regulatory strategies adopted in the aftermath of the crisis: Aviva Freilich and Eileen Webb, Consolidating Australia’s Lucky escape – Antipodal responses to consumer credit regulation in the wake of the GFC; and Andrea Fejós, The reform of consumer credit regulation in Hungary
- Out of the box solutions to protecting consumers in economic recessions: rethinking consumer protection? Udo Reifner, The re-discovery of the use of social capital in long term relations (www.eusoco.com project); and Onyeka Osuji, Consumers, CSR Messages and social labels: Charting a role for the Unfair Commercial Practices System.
Full IACL conference speaker list here: http://qwww.brunel.ac.uk/bls/research/events/ne_41734/speakers
13th International Conference of the IACL
Protecting consumers in economic recessions
Brunel University, West London, UK
27-29 June 2011
Find the programme here (or below)
"The International Association of Consumer Law exists in order to develop research networks and stimulate research and common project work in the area of consumer law and policy and consumer relations, covering all regions of the world."
The 13th International Conference on Consumer Law, organised under the auspices of the International Association of Consumer Law (www.iaclaw.org), was held by Brunel University London, in Uxbridge, UK on June 27-29, 2011. Consumer law scholars, professionals as well as scholars and professionals from other disciplines attended. The Conference was of significant practical value and interest to scholars and legal professionals as it offers a unique opportunity to reflect on how consumer protection and consumer policy fare in uncertain economic times.
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