ISSN: 2605-5244

Palabra clave: evidence

The effects of the directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interest of consumers on the french group action regime

Maria José Azar-Baud

By transposing the Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers by the 25th December 2022, all the Member States will be endowed with at least one form of collective redress. This paper analyses the Directive’s provisions that entail the need to i...

Service of process via social media in civil cases: an exploration of the potential use of social media platforms for bringing notice to defendants in Belgium

Cedric Vanleenhove

In common law systems, there has recently been a trend to permit plaintiffs to serve process on defendants through social media networks. This trend raises the following question: Is this form of service also beneficial in civil law countries, in particular, Belgium? To answer this question, this Ar...