Proposal for EU-wide class action law finds no favour with UK practitioners.

The article reports that the British lawyers have criticized European Commission's proposal which aimed to create a European-wide law on class actions in Great Britain. According to a report, the proposal Green Paper on Consumer Collective Redress has put forward three broad proposals for addressing consumer class actions. It states that when consumers are affected by a malpractice and want to pursue a case, they will face substantial barriers in terms of access, effectiveness and affordability.