On 23 May, we at SCCL and Stockholm University celebrated our colleague Fredrik Sandberg, who successfully defended his dissertation Liability for damages in personal data processing. Sandberg has produced a solid and much asked for thesis on liability for damages in the event of a breach of the GDPR. The opponent, Professor Bjarte Askeland, described the thesis as well-written and valuable, and also pointed out that Sandberg presents modern Nordic compensation law in the light of new technology and the influence of EU law, while at the same time carrying on a tradition of skill and scientific quality. The examining [...]

On 17 November 2023, Girion Blomdahl defended his dissertation Who owns nature – A property law study on the relationship between the use of property rights and the protection of nature. Not least the political discussions in recent years show that there can be a contradiction between property rights – the right to use what you own – and the protection of nature. At the same time, both property rights and nature conservation are given importance. In the thesis, Girion analyses the balancing of interests and proportionality assessments that are made when nature's existing values are to be protected. [...]

Since 2012, the Swedish Bar Association has awarded an annual prize for outstanding contributions to the legal profession. This year’s award has been given to André Andersson, Chairman of the SCCL and Senior Adviser at Mannheimer Swartling. He receives the award for, among other things, his commitment to and work for legal research and teaching. It was presented by the Society’s Secretary General Mia Edwall Insulander at this year’s Lawyers’ Days (Advokatdagarna), which took place at the Grand Hotel on 26-27 October. “This year’s winner receives the award for his outstanding contributions to the legal profession by combining professional skills, [...]

On 17 April 2023, Professor Dr Birke Häcker was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Faculty of Law in Stockholm. As Birke Häcker is a close and long-standing friend of the SCCL, we are particularly happy about this well-deserved award. The promotion will take place in the City Hall (Stockholms Stadshus) on 29 September 2023 with the usual pomp and circumstance. Since January 2023, Birke Häcker is Schlegel Professor of Civil Law, Common Law and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn, where she is also Director of the Institute for Private International Law and Comparative Law. Her professorship is [...]