Consumer Collective Redress: What can be Learned from the Experience of Portugal?

This article addresses the progress in consumer collective redress that has been achieved in Portugal, considering also parallel examples from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The article describes the status quo in these jurisdictions comparing it to the situation in Sweden. It then sets out the parameters which made progress possible, and suggests adopting some of them in countries that are considering reforms in their collective redress systems, or where, like in Sweden, collective redress mechanisms have been less successful.