On 28 March 2025, the PREST research group (Private Enforcement, Sustainability & Technology) at the Faculty of Law at University of Helsinki is organizing a hybrid seminar on so-called ‘forever chemicals’ (PFAS - per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and damages liability. Further information and Zoom-Link.

Chair: Katri Havu, Associate Professor, University of Helsinki

Key note: Johanna Chamberlain, Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer in Private Law, Faculty of Law at Uppsala University, Sweden

Discussants:

Timo Havu, retired chief justice of the Finnish insurance court

Stephanie Nitsch, Assistant Professor, University of Vienna, Austria (online)

Béatrice Schütte, postdoctoral researcher, University of Lapland