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Norway

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The class action mechanism has been in use...

General Comments

Issues related to collective pursuit of claims undoubtedly falls within the area of civil procedure...

United States

The beginnings of the class action in the American legal system date back as far as the...

Projects aimed at strengthening the mechanisms of collective pursuit of claims in the EU

Deliberations on the collective pursuit of claims mechanisms (collective redress), particularly in cross border cases...

Austria

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics Austrian law contains mechanisms for pursuing claims in...

Belgium

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics Following in the footsteps of other European countries,...

Denmark

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics A collective redress mechanism was adopted into the...

France

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics Until March 2014, the French law did not...

Germany

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The mechanism most closely resembling a class action in German...

Italy

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The class action mechanism also functions in Italy,...

Japan

Types of group redress mechanisms and general characteristics Until recently, Japanese law provided only a...

Portugal

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics No class action mechanism such as the American...

Russia

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The institution of the class action was, in...

Spain

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The institution of class action was introduced into...

Sweden

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The debate on the implementation of the collective...

Netherlands

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics Compared to the legal orders existing in other...

United Kingdom

Types of class action mechanisms. General characteristics The so-called Group Litigation Order (hereinafter: “GLO”) model...