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Comparative Comments on L.J. Jackson’s Report on Litigation Costs

This presentation provides an overview of previous studies and discussions on litigation costs, third-party funding issues, and ways policymakers can handle the challenges associated with the dynamics of costs in the legal system.

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Comparative Comments on L.J. Jackson’s Report on Litigation Costs

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  1. Comparative Comments on L.J. Jackson’s Report on Litigation Costs BIICL 29 APRIL 2010 Prof. Ianika Tzankova

  2. Overview presentation • Introduction • Some previous studies on costs • (Third party) funding - issues 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  3. Studies on costs (I) • Overall little attention in non-common law countries for the influence of costs on litigation dynamics • Fundamental Review of the Dutch Code of Civil Procedure: reports in 2003 and 2006 (Asser/Groen/Vranken/Tzankova): costs excluded 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  4. Studies on costs (II) • Other (Dutch) studies cover only some aspects of costs/litigation dynamics or are general/abstract of nature: • Reports ‘Paths to Justice in the Netherlands’ in 2003 (Van Velthoven & Ter Voert) and in 2009 (Van Velthoven & Klein Haarhuis). • Report “Paths to Justice” in the Netherlands for Small and Midium-sized Companies by Croes & Maes (2009). 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  5. Studies on costs (III) • De Mot & De Geest (WODC 2004); legal infrastructure. • Klein Haarhuis (WODC 2008) conflict behaviour. • Faure & Moerland (WODC 2006); comparative description of court fee systems • Tzankova (Mordenate-bundel 2007); financing mass claim litigation • Sluijter (yet to be published 2010); interview study about costs orders • TISCO (2008/09); improving the access and efficiency of the legal aid system • Van Boom (2009); the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  6. How policy makers could cope with the challange of costs dynamics ? • Review and evalutation of existing rules • Impact assessments and • “Experiments” re new ones? 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  7. Third party funding (I) • When contingency fees are not allowed and Legal Aid and Legal expence insurance are inadequate • Mass claims: Tzankova/Kortmann, EJCL 2010, p. 137-138; 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  8. Third party funding (II) • Regulation needed/voluntary code will not suffice (yet another “agency problem”) • Judicial infrastructure differences among Member States may (unintendedly) affect the efficiency of the instrument (Tzankova/Kortmann EJCL 2010, p. 119) 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  9. List of references (I) • W.D.H. Asser, H.A. Groen & J.B.M. Vranken m.m.v. I.N. Tzankova, Een nieuwe balans: Interimrapport Fundamentele Herbezinning Nederlands burgerlijk procesrecht, Den Haag: BJu 2003. • W.D.H. Asser, H.A. Groen & J.B.M. Vranken m.m.v. I.N. Tzankova, Uitgebalanceerd, Den Haag: BJu 2006. • B.C.J. van Velthoven & M.J. ter Voert, Geschilbeslechtingsdelta 2003. Over verloop en afloop van (potentieel) juridische problemen van burgers, WODC 2003. • B.C.J. van Velthoven & C.M. Klein Haarhuis, Geschilbeslechtingsdelta 2009. Over verloop en afloop van (potentieel) juridische problemen van burgers, WODC 2009. • M.T. Croes & G.C. Maas, Geschilbeslechtingsdelta midden- en kleinbedrijf. Over het optreden en afhandelen van (potentieel) juridische problemen in het midden- en kleinbedrijf, WODC 2009 • C.M. Klein Haarhuis, Geschilgedrag. Verklaringen bijeengebracht, Den Haag: WODC 2008. • I.N. Tzankova & J.S. Kortmann, “Remedies for consumers of financial services: Collective redress and improvement of class representation”, EJCL 2010, p. 117-140. 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  10. List of references (II) • J.P.B. de Mot & G.G.A. de Geest, Juridische infrastructuur: een internationale vergelijking vanuit economisch perspectief, Den Haag: WODC 2004. • M.M.G. Faure & C.A.R. Moerland, Griffierechten. Een vergelijkende beschrijving van griffierechten- en vergelijkbare stelsels in een aantal landen van de Europese Unie, WODC 2006. • I.N. Tzankova, ‘Financiering en kosten van massaclaims: legal realism. Ofwel: wat kunnen we leren van de Engelsen (en van andere common law landen)?’ Mordenate-bundel 2007. • P. Sluijter, ‘Verstorend procesgedrag en kostenconsequenties’ (yet to be published 2010). • TISCO, Kitty's ketens: Meer voor minder rond rechtsbijstand. Voorstellen ontwikkeld in een interactief traject met 120 sleutelpersonen uit het veld. Den Haag: Boom Juridische uitgevers 2009. • W.H. van Boom, ‘Juxtaposing BTE and ATE - on the Role of the European Insurance Industry in Funding Civil Litigation’ SSRN 2009. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1544145 90001907 P 533772 / 1

  11. Contact details Prof. Dr. Ianika N. Tzankova Tilburg University Private Law Department PO Box 90 153 5000 LE Tilburg tzankova@uvt.nl NautaDutilh PO Box 7113 1077 XV Amsterdam ianika.tzankova@nautadutilh.com 90001907 P 533772 / 1

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