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The Practical Application of Class Actions in Some Countries
G.O. Abolonin,
Candidate of Legal Sciences, Consultant on Legal Regulation of Investment,
Judicial Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Foreign Investors
The article is devoted to the application of the institute of class actions in different countries. Representational lawsuit in England is the claim according to which proceedings initiate against a number of people that may be imposed by the court in favor or against one or more participants in a large group, acting as representatives of all the large group of participants or all members of the group of defendants except one or more of them. In England courts have also previously studied civil case and the character of its participants, before making a decision to appoint case of a large group for the hearing. In accordance with the civil procedural legislation of this country if the case involves many plaintiffs, the judge must be very attentive to the study of the feasibility and effectiveness of proceedings in a class action in that case.
Keywords: collective (class) action; civil procedure in England; civil procedure in the USA; civil procedure in Canada.
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Information about the author
Abolonin G.O. (Moscow) – Candidate of Legal Sciences, Consultant on Legal Regulation of Investment, Judicial Protection of Rights and Legitimate Interests of Foreign Investors (e-mail: [email protected]).
G.O. Abolonin
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