The Civil Collective Proceedings Act

Published

Jul 12 2024

Contacts

I enjoy working with innovative, creative and technology-rich businesses. Having joined our firm in 2009, I head up our Intellectual Property and Tech & Comms Groups in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Michaela Ružková

Associate
Czech Republic

I am a dispute resolution specialist. Whilst I greatly enjoy a fierce fight before a judge, my true passion lies in finding a win-win solution for my clients outside of the courtroom.

Martina Waliczková

Associate
Czech Republic

As an associate based in our Prague office, I work with both the Corporate and Finance & Financial Regulation teams.

From 1 July 2024, new rules on collective redress apply in the Czech Republic.

These allow groups of consumers and micro enterprises to jointly pursue similar claims against a single business that would not be worth pursuing individually.
Easier enforcement of collective claims is also intended to prevent unlawful conduct by entrepreneurs.
A specialised non-profit organisation representing consumers or micro enterprises can bring a collective action.
Consumers (or micro enterprises) do not participate in the collective proceedings themselves, nor do they bear the costs of the proceedings.

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Click here for a comparison of different European countries’ collective actions rules