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Hans Forssell

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Languages: Swedish, German

Hans is an Of Counsel located in our Stockholm office.

Hans is a doctor of law. He started out his legal career as a university teacher and became an assistant professor (docent) in 1976. He has been practicing law since 1981. He is specializing in litigation and arbitration. Hans has long experience in litigation and arbitration, domestic as well as international, in various fields of law, such as contract law, company law, property law, computer law, torts liability, insurance and transportation, as well as issues of procedural law.

Hans has represented the Swedish state in a dispute with a Sami village over indigenous peoples' right to hunt and fish, a dispute that after ten years in the courts was decided by the Supreme Court in 2020.

  • Doctoral thesis 1976, ”Tredjemansskyddets gränser. En studie av principen ’köp bryter lega’ och indelningen i sakrätter och obligatoriska rättigheter” (Lease of property – rights in rem and rights in personam)
  • Svensk Juristtidning 1978 s. 138-141, Anmälan av Gertrud Lennander, Panthavares skyldigheter vid pantavtal om lös egendom, 1977 (review of …)
  • Svensk Juristtidning 1981 s. 538-541, Anmälan av Torgny Håstad, Studier i sakrätt, 1980 (review of …)
  • Svensk Juristtidning 1981 s. 614-619, Något om språket i rättsfallsreferat
  • Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap, Årgång 95-1982, s. 583-616, Växelns och checkens negotiabilitet (negotiability of bills exchange etc.)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 4 1990/91 Rättsfall s. 665, Två rättsfall om krav på tilläggsbetalning (condictio indebiti)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 4 1995/96 Rättsfall s. 1113, Obligentias investorleasing (conflicting claims on leased property)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 2 1998/99 Rättsfall s. 374, Dagens dubbel – kvittning enligt 28 § skuldebrevslagen (set off issues)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 4 2000/01 Debatt s. 985, Den långsamma rättskipningens orsaker och
    skadeverkningar i dispositiva tvistemål – advokatens kommentar till en artikel av Lars Heuman; Hans Forssell, Henrik Bielenstein (How to speed up slow litigation in the courts)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 2 2001/02 Rättsfall s. 378, Regress mellan tredjemanspantsättare (och borgensmän) en kommentar; Hans Forssell, Jörgen Durban (right of recourse among several guarantors)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 2 2002/03 Debatt s. 469, Nya regler om avkastningsränta – får man lagstifta på det sättet? Hans Forssell, Joacim Björk (new legislation on interest on overdue claims criticised)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 2 2006/07 Artikel s. 311, Dröjsmål med slutbesiktning enligt AB 04 (interpretation of General Conditions in the construction industry)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 4 2007/08, Skiljedomsrätt s. 943, Skiljeförfarande eller domstolsförfarande? Kommentar till en rättsfallsanalys. Hans Forssell, Martin Wallin (Comments on a Supreme Court decsion on the scope of an arbitration agreement)
  • Juridisk Tidskrift Nr 4 2019/20 Debatt s. 1000, Ytterligare några ord om NJA 2017 s. 1140 (I) (critical comments on a Supreme Court decision)
  • member of the Swedish Bar Association

Prior experience

  • Consultant, Linklaters Advokatbyrå (2002-2008)
  • Consultant, Linklaters Lagerlöf Advokatbyrå (2001-2002)
  • Associate, Lagerlöf & Leman Advokatbyrå (1981-2001)
  • Docent and senior lecturer in Civil Law, Uppsala University (1976-1981)
  • Doctoral student and lecturer, Uppsala University (1967-1971)
  • Junior Judge, Uppsala (1966-1969)

Education

  • Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), Uppsala University (1976)
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.), Uppsala University (1966)

 

Hans Forssell

Of Counsel

Hans Forssell

Of Counsel

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