ABSTRACT
Covid-19 had, and continues to have, a profound impact on many facets of life. While the virus has flourished, so has the litigation stemming from it. The unusual nature of the pandemic has seen an explosion of certain types of litigation in certain jurisdictions. However, the extent of that litigation has been very much dictated by regulatory and legislative responses in addition to the availability and accessibility of trans-substantive class action procedural mechanisms. This article provides a summary of collective action litigation arising from Covid-19 across a range of common law and civil law jurisdictions with the hope that it will serve as a starting point for discussion on the merits of collective action mechanisms in light of how they have fared in response to Covid-19 harms.
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Nikki Chamberlain and Maria José Azar-Baud, ‘Collective actions arising out of Covid-19: a comparative analysis’ (2024) 43(3) Civil Justice Quarterly 235-264.
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