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

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

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

3 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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

4 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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).

5 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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

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

7 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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;

8 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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)

9 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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.

10 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1544145

11 90001907 P 533772 / 1 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