Public interest litigation in the Netherlands:
Marit Bosselaar, Irene Bloemen and Peter Sprietsma1Developments on admissibility in class actions
Public interest litigation is on the rise, especially in the Netherlands. As a result, Dutch class actions case law is undergoing significant development. The distinction between 'public interest' and 'group' class actions has become increasingly important in Dutch case law, especially for determining the admissibility requirements that apply to the interest organisations instituting such class actions. Moreover, opinions vary in the Netherlands on whether interest organisations claiming to act on behalf of the public interest should be able to request the judiciary to decide on important societal issues in the first place. As a consequence, the debate on public interest litigation via class actions and the admissibility requirements applicable to the organisation instituting them does not only occur in case law and legal literature, but is increasingly also taking place in the Dutch parliament.
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Verder in dit artikel:
Developments on admissibility in class actions
1. Introduction
2. Class actions in the Netherlands: the background
2.1. Introduction to class actions in the Netherlands
2.2. The new Dutch statutory class actions regime: WAMCA
2.3. Testing the admissibility requirements
2.4. The statutory representativeness requirement
2.5. The representativeness requirement in practice
2.6. Conclusion: different views
3. The 'light' admissibility regime for in-scope class actions
3.1. Introduction to the light admissibility regime
3.2. The representativeness requirement under the light admissibility regime
4. The emergent differences between the 'public interest class action' and the 'group class action'
4.1. Differentiating between public interest class actions and group class actions
4.2. Practical examples of public interest class actions versus group class actions
4.3. The representativeness requirement and the distinction between the public interest class action and the group class action
4.4. Conclusion: not (yet) a clear distinction
5. The future of public interest litigation and class actions in the Netherlands
6. ConclusionÂ
