Justice & Equality Committee to consider Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017

Committee Chairman Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD said: “This Bill provides for certain procedural and other changes in civil actions to allow the bringing of Multi-Party Actions – otherwise known as class actions - and to reduce the cost of litigation. Tomorrow, we will conduct detailed scrutiny of the Bill when we will hear from a number of interested parties from the legal field. Appearing before the Committee will be representatives from FLAC, Coleman Legal Partners and Dr Joanne Blennerhassett, a lecturer in the School of Law at UCD who has written extensively on the issue of multi-party actions.”

The meeting will take place at 9am in Committee Room 2, Leinster House on Wednesday 21 February.

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