Mass Claims
Editie 2021 - nr. 1
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Mass Claims Journal 2021, nr 1
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2 november 2021
Artikelen
Foreword by the Editorial Board
With due pride we are delighted to present this First Edition of the new journal, Mass Claims: an International Journal with a European Focus. It has been quite a journey, bringing together many estab...
Welcome to the Journal of Mass Claims
In a world awash with academic journals, practice notes and blog posts, do we really need a new journal devoted to mass claims? Yes! Oddly, as mass claims increase in frequency in countries worldwide ...
Mass damage claims for GDPR infringements: a multi-jurisdictional perspective
This contribution discusses mass claims seeking non-material damages for data privacy infringements under Articles 80 and 82 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It contributes to the und...
Collective redress and jurisdiction in Europe
Opinion piece The Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers of 25 November 2020 does not address jurisdiction for representative actions. Therefor...
Interview: Commissioner Věra Jourová on the Collective Redress Directive1
1. History and Context of Directive on representative actions (9059/20) The 2009 Directive (Directive 2009/22 on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interest) enabled qualified entities to br...
Complex mass claims: insights from judges across Europe
Machteld de Monchy and Till Schreiber in debate with judges Peter Roth (High Court of England and Wales, UK Competition Appeal Tribunal), Mieke Dudok van Heel (District Court of Amsterdam, Netherlands...
A priceless opportunity: class actions post-Merricks v Mastercard
In 2015, the United Kingdom Parliament enacted an opt-out class action for competition lawgrievances. The second class action filed under that regime, Merricks v Mastercard Inc, is a uniqueand vast ca...
The UK Supreme Court in Mastercard v Merricks: an economics perspective
Case note: UKSC 51, December 2020 The Mastercard v Merricks case is the biggest case in the UK, and a contender for one of the largest class action cases globally, representing 46 million class member...
Tort liability of Volkswagen in the emissions 1
Case note: BGH VI ZR 252/19 - 25 May 2020, ECLI:DE:BGH:2020:250520UVIZR252.19.0 1. Legal Framework In May 2020, four and a half years after the Volkswagen emissions scandal became public in September ...
Country reports
Belgium Case Law French-speaking Brussels Enterprise Court's judgment of 7 December 2020, consumer organization Test-Achats v. Ryanair (A/19/02564) The ninth class action ever brought in Belgium was b...
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