Geraint Howells

Geraint Howells is Executive Dean of Business, Public Policy and Law at the National University of Galway, and Visiting Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Manchester. He was previously Chair Professor of Commercial Law and Dean of the Law School at City University of Hong Kong. He is a former President of the International Association of Consumer Law. He previously held chairs at Sheffield, Lancaster and Manchester and has been head of law schools at Lancaster, Manchester and City University of Hong Kong. He has been a barrister at Gough Square Chambers, London (though not currently practising). His books include Comparative Product Liability, Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Protection Law, EC Consumer Law, Product Liability, European Fair Trading Law, Handbook of Research on International Consumer Law, The Tobacco Challenge and Rethinking EU Consumer Law. He has undertaken extensive consultancy work for the EU and UK government as well as for NGOs.