Part 1: special problems of compensating those damaged by medicinal products, C. Newdick; litigating disputes in consent to medical treatment - the United Kingdom position, S. McLean; the case for a no-fault compensation scheme for medical accidents, M. Brazier; can no-fault analysis ease the problems of medical injury litigation?, S. McLean. Part 2: the European convention on human rights and compensation for personal injury, F.J. Hampson; no-fault liability on French roads, R. Redmond-Cooper; oil pollution damage compensation under the civil liability convention 1969, B. Browne; place of commission of international torts - the substance test and its extension to double locality, P. Kaye.