Opt-out systems in collective redress: EU perspectives and present situation in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15220%2F18%3A73593299" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15220/18:73593299 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2052.2018.59.1.6" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2052.2018.59.1.6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2052.2018.59.1.6" target="_blank" >10.1556/2052.2018.59.1.6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Opt-out systems in collective redress: EU perspectives and present situation in the Czech Republic

Original language description

It is common nowadays for a person to suffer an injury as a result of a widespread illegal practice by a particular entity. Individual redress mechanisms prove to be insufficient. It is therefore crucial to provide a suitable way for an injured party to achieve remedy. Collective litigation serves this exact purpose. This article defines opt-in and opt-out systems of collective redress, asseses their strengths and weaknesses and offers possible solutions. The author does not omit two related topics: time limits for opt-in and opt-out, and notice of initiation of the proceeding. The article also contains a comparative study of Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Portuguese, British and Belgian systems as representatives of opt-out systems. Lastly, the article also describes the current state in the Czech Republic, where a debate is currently taking place over the possible form of collective redress. The aim of this article is to provide a complex view of pros and cons of the opt-out system of group proceedings and to show that the opt-out system can be functional and suitable for collective redress.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-06065S" target="_blank" >GA16-06065S: Collective Redress in the Czech Republic - Present Situation and Perspectives</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies

ISSN

2498-5473

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

HU - HUNGARY

Number of pages

23

Pages from-to

95-117

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85056768708