Response to Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on Multi Party Litigation (Class Actions)

FLAC welcomes the Commission's Consultation Paper on class actions. As an organisation which works for social change through methods which include strategic public interest litigation, FLAC's position is that the introduction of class actions could significantly improve access to the courts of disadvantaged groups.

In this paper we focus on the issue from the perspective of improving access to justice and from experience of conducting public interest litigation under the present regime.

It is FLAC's view that the promotion of access to justice is the single strongest argument for reform in this area. It should also have a bearing on the type of reform recommended.