This book explores the role of Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - which guarantees the right to effective judicial protection - in consumer cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as civil courts in Spain and the Netherlands.

This book investigates the concept of procedural autonomy of Member States in the light of EU law. Does procedural autonomy still adequately describe the powers of national lawmakers and courts to design their civil procedural systems or is it misleading?

This volume is a compendium of the Sir Hugh Laddie Lectures delivered at University College London (UCL) in the period between 2009 and 2018. This is a public lecture series organised by the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL) at UCL Faculty of Laws in honour of IBIL's founder - Professor Sir Hugh Laddie.

Dit boek handelt over een bijzondere vorm van procesvertegenwoordiging, waarbij een (rechts)persoon als procespartij optreedt voor rekening van een ander. Deze vertegenwoordigingsrelatie staat in de juridische volksmond bekend als de procesvoering qualitate qua. Nauwkeuriger is het om te spreken over de vertegenwoordiging ad agendum, in contrast met die andere – en bekendere – procedurele vertegenwoordigingsfiguur, de vertegenwoordiging ad litem.

This book outlines the conduct of civil litigation in the South Pacific. It focuses on the superior courts of Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. It discusses relevant case law and legislation and suggests possible reforms.

Mediation is becoming an increasingly important tool for resolving civil and commercial disputes. The European Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21.5.2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters prescribes a set of minimum common rules on mediation for all EU Member States with the exception of Denmark.

This book supplies a number of perspectives on the development of enforcement of court judgments and other enforceable documents in Europe. The articles are written by experts from legal academia and professionals involved in enforcement practice. New trends are highlighted.