Tag: justice
BEUC’s relentless quest for collective redress that works for consumers
The topic of ‘collective redress’ is fuelling heated discussions across Europe and beyond. That’s because the EU’s landmark Representative Actions Directive is currently entering into national legislation, making it easier for consumers to go to court as a group if...
Altroconsumo’s experience of collective redress
If the market is the carrot, then group actions are the stick. The creation of an EU-wide collective redress procedure is currently being hotly debated in Brussels. In Italy meanwhile, the Italian consumer group Altroconsumo has used this stick 14 times...