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To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will publish their consultation on class action lawsuits.

Asked by
Baroness Goudie (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 October 2011
Reference
12526; 731 c183WA
House
House of Lords
Further to Question 7, will the changes to civil litigation make it easier or more difficult to take action against multinational companies? The consensus among non-governmental organisations is that it will be more difficult.
Asked by
Lord Cryer (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
28 June 2011
Reference
530 c756
House
House of Commons
The Government introduced the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill on 21 June. The Bill contains provisions to take forward a fundamental reform of no win, no fee conditional fee agreements, as recommended by Lord Justice Jackson. I believe that strong claims, including those against multinational corporations, could still be brought under conditional fee agreements, or CFAs. The Government are also proposing the use of damages-based agreements, or DBAs, in all civil litigation, which might be particularly suited to funding group action litigation.
Answered by
Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
28 June 2011
Reference
530 c742
House
House of Commons
I have been in correspondence with many of the people whom the hon. Lady mentions, and I repeat that the Government believe that it will still be possible to bring claims against multinational companies once our reforms are implemented.
Answered by
Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
28 June 2011
Reference
530 c742-3
House
House of Commons
An array of human rights experts, including several non-governmental organisations, human rights lawyers and the UN special representative on business and human rights, have all criticised the Government's reforms of civil litigation. On what basis can the Minister assure the House that his proposals to reform civil litigation will not impact negatively on access to justice for victims of human rights abuse?
Asked by
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
28 June 2011
Reference
530 c742-3
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the potential effect on group action litigation against multinational corporations of his proposals for reform to civil litigation.
Asked by
Yvonne Fovargue (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
28 June 2011
Reference
62250; 530 c742
House
House of Commons