“EU Competition Law – What can Sri Lanka learn?” say Dr. Gerard Conway to APIIT Law Students
View(s):The most sought after Law School in Sri Lanka “APIIT”, which offers the Staffordshire University (UK) law degree and the Masters Qualification in Sri Lanka staged a mid-week event branded “contemporary legal issues” by Dr Gerard Conway from the Brunel University London.
Dr Gerard Conway of Brunel University London;
The topic under discussion was the EU Comparative Law regime aftermath of the Brexit, given the strong trade that exists between Sri Lanka and EU countries. The more important reason being to capture the changes taking place due to the pandemic.
The European Union accounting for 450 million consumers and 22.5 million SME’s has very high stipulations on consumer protection, safety standards, protection of environments said the APIIT Law school head Dr Chathura Warnasuriya. ‘This is why we staged this event with Dr Gerard Conway’. It’s important to understand the dynamic changes taking place globally if we are to do business and our students will be in the key positions of such companies who will do trade with the EU he voiced.
The distinguished speaker from the Brunel Law School covered the areas pertaining to the Context of EU law, Overview of EU competition law, Development of competition law, Development of EU competition law and also Competition law along with Brexit which helped the participants understands the key nuances that one must be aware of when dealing with EU on business.
Dr. Gerard Convey gave insights to the EU competition law which is one of the most successful aspects of the EU and stated that the internal market of the EU plays a pivotal role on this area. “EU is a supranational organization of 27 member States which evolved between per se approach and a rule of reason” he voiced. The speaker went on to draw a clear line of distinction between the EU law and the US law under Article 102 TFEU, which enlightened the LLM students in a greater scope.
The webinar discussion was a timely given that the speaker gaged his realization upon the future of EU in-line with the current situation of the COVID pandemic said Dr Chathura who is also an Alumni of Brunel University London. The discussion also went into the abuse of dominance which played a vital role in the member discussion and then also moved to enhancing the scope of EU competition law, the Mergers and State aid. “UK commits to continue the existing approach of EU competition law, apart from in the area of subsidies, where the new rules are more open and flexible” said Dr Conway.
APIIT with a 20 year education history of strong British education is the market leader for Postgraduate studies in Masters in Business Administration and The Masters in Law qualification.”
Our faculty consists of top professional from the world of business, which is where students gets the best knowledge that is industry linked said Dr Warnasuriya.