Geraint Howells is Dean of Law at City University Hong Kong. He was previously Dean at the University of Manchester and Head of the Law School at Lancaster. His work encompasses Product Liability and Safety, and other field such as sales of goods, unfair terms, consumer credit and trade practices. He has a particular interest in European consumer law. Geraint has lectured to academics and practitioners in most regions of the world and regularly acts as a consultant for NGOs, the DTI and the European Commission. He is a member of the Acquis Group that is commissioned to advise the EC on European Contract Law Harmonisation. He has held visiting positions held at Wurzburg, Munster, Paris XI, Tennessee and Sydney Universities. He is a past President of the International Association of Consumer Law.