Collective and Mass Litigation in Europe

Edited by Astrid Stadler, Professor and Chair of Private Law, Civil Procedure Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law, University of Konstanz, Germany, Emmanuel Jeuland, Law Professor, Sorbonne Law School, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France and Vincent Smith, Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School, UK and France

• Contents: 1. General introductionAstrid Stadler, Emmanuel Jeuland and Vincent Smith2. The concept of ‘party’ Emmanuel Jeuland3. Joinder, consolidation and group claimsVincent Smith4. Change of parties: representation, substitution, assignmentEmmanuel Jeuland5. Introduction: collective redressAstrid Stadler, Emmanuel Jeuland and Vincent Smith6. Type of claim, structure and certification of collective proceedingsAstrid Stadler7. Legal standing in collective redressIanika Tzankova8. Case management and the role of the judgeMagne Strandberg and Vincent Smith9. Evidence in collective redress proceedings under the ERCPFernando Gascón Inchausti10. Calculating compensation in collective redress claimsNils von Hinten-Reed11. Collective settlementsAstrid Stadler12. Costs and funding of collective redress proceedingsStefaan Voet13. Cross-border issuesMichael Stürner14. ERCP collective redress and the wider worldAstrid Stadler, Emmanuel Jeuland, Vincent Smith, Richard Marcus, Peter Cashman, Choong-soo Han and Hermes Zaneti Jr.Index

'With the recent adoption of the EU Directive on collective redress, a study on the respective rules in the European Rules of Civil Procedure proposed by UNDROIT and ELI is most welcome. These rules are intended to serve as a model for national legislatures, precisely what is needed now in order to implement the new directive. The editors assembled a team of leading academics and practitioners from around the globe. The book is well-organized and not only provides a succinct commentary on the ERCP rules on collective redress, but goes beyond that by contributing to a truly in-depth understanding of the subject of collective redress in general.'