This book charts the transformative shifts in techniques that seek to deliver collective redress, especially for mass consumer claims in Europe. It shows how traditional approaches of class litigation (old technology) have been eclipsed by the new technology of regulatory redress techniques and consumer ombudsmen. It describes a series of these techniques, each illustrated by leading examples taken from a 2016 pan-EU research project. It then undertakes a comparative evaluation of each technique against key criteria, such as effective outcomes, speed, and cost. The book reveals major transformations in European legal systems, shows the overriding need to view legal systems from fresh viewpoints, and to devise a new integrated model.

Timely contribution in view of the European Commission's review during 2016-17 of its 2013 Recommendation on collective redress, and of a series of mass redress problems that have caused extensive political concern, notably mis-selling of Payment Protection Insurance, the PiP breast implant scandal, and VW-dieselgate.

About the Author
Christopher Hodges is Professor of Justice Systems, Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and Head of the Swiss Re Research Programme on Civil Justice Systems at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford. Stefaan Voet is Associate Professor at the University of Leuven and a host professor at the University of Hasselt in Belgium.

Reviews
[T]he book offers a tantalizing look at an alternative universe of mass dispute resolution and is sure to stimulate the imagination of scholars who think about the future of aggregation in the United States... The authors' effort to sketch a possible future for aggregate dispute resolution creates an intriguing picture indeed. -- Jay Tidmarsh * Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots) *



Book Information
ISBN 9781509918546
Author Professor Christopher Hodges
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Hart/Beck
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 802g