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austria
National Correspondent
Florian NEUMAYR
Partner at bpv Hűgel, Vienna
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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belgium
National Correspondent
Yvan DESMEDT
Partner at Jones Day, Brussels
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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bulgaria
National Correspondent
Vladimir PENKOV
Managing partner of Penkov, Markov & Partners, Sofia
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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croatia
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA):
- Identification of claimants:
- Legal standing:
- Limitation Period:
- Allocation of costs:
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cyprus
National Correspondent
Olga GEORGIADES
Associate at Lellos P Demetriades Law Office LLC, Nicosia & Manager at Lexact Solutions Ltd
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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czech republic
National Correspondent
Jana JESENSKÁ
Associate at TGC Corporate Lawyers, Brno
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: more than 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule, loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants
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denmark
National Correspondent
Laurits SCHMIDT CHRISTENSEN
Associate at ACCURA, Copenhagen
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law/court at permission stage, other
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule, loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses, loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants, the court determines who pays
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estonia
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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finland
National Correspondent
Toni KALLIOKOSKI
Associate at Dittmar & Indrenius, Helsinki
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: Bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: more than 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule, loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses, loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants, the court determines who pays
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france
National Correspondent
Lionel LESUR
Partner at McDermott Will & Emery, Paris
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: Bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants
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germany
National Correspondent
Julia SUDEROW
Lawyer in Spain & Germany
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes, but with certain limitations
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: Group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law, other
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule, loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses, loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants, the court determines who pays
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greece
National Correspondents
Dimitris TEMPERIS
Lawyer in Athen
email
short bio
Panayotis BERNITSAS
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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hungary
National Correspondent
Anikó KELLER
Senior Associate at Szecskay Attorneys at Law, Budapest
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: Group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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ireland
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing:
- Limitation Period:
- Allocation of costs:
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italy
National Correspondent
Laetitia BOURGEIX
Lawyer in Rome
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: single injured consumer
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants
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latvia
National Correspondent
Dace SILAVA-TOMSONE
Managing partner of Raidla Lejins & Norcous, Riga
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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lithuania
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: Bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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luxemburg
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): N/A
- Identification of claimants: N/A
- Legal standing: N/A
- Limitation Period: N/A
- Allocation of costs: N/A
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malta
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): N/A
- Identification of claimants: N/A
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: N/A
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses, loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants, the court determines who pays
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netherlands
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: N/A
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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poland
National Correspondents
Anna GULIŃSKA
Associate at Dentons, Warsaw
email
short bio
Agnieszka STEFANOWICZ-BARAŃSKA
Partner at Dentons, Warsaw
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: Group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law , other
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule, loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses, the court determines who pays
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portugal
National Correspondents
Miguel SOUSA FERRO
Associate at Eduardo Paz Ferreira & Associados, Lisbon and PhD candidate
email
short bio
Miguel GORJÃO-HENRIQUES
Partner at Sérvulo & Associados, Lisbon
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-out
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by court at permission stage, other
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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romania
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers/SMEs, bodies designated by law/ court at permission stage
- Limitation Period: 2 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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slovakia
National Correspondent
KristÃna DRÁBIKOVÁ
Associate at TGC Corporate Lawyers, Bratislava
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: more than 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule
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slovenia
National Correspondent
Tanja BRATINA
Associate at Avbreht, Zajc & Partners, Ljubljana
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): No
- Identification of claimants: Not applicable
- Legal standing: Not applicable
- Limitation Period: 3 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule, loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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spain
National Correspondent
Julia SUDEROW
Lawyer in Spain & Germany
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 1 year
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses
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sweden
National Correspondent
Ola WIKLUND
Partner at Hansen, Stockholm
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Hybrid
- Legal standing: single injured consumer/SME, group of injured individual consumers, bodies designated by law/court at permission stage, other
- Limitation Period: more than 5 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses, loser pays rule with cost protection for claimants
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united kingdom
National Correspondent
Aidan ROBERTSON
QC at Brick Court Chambers, London
email
short bio
Key Country Facts On Collective Redress
- Availability of Collective Judicial Action (CJA): Yes
- Identification of claimants: Opt-in
- Legal standing: single injured consumer, group of injured individual consumers, bodies designated by law
- Limitation Period: 2 years
- Allocation of costs: loser pays rule but court exonerates unreasonable expenses