Private Law Theory

As consumer law remains under-enforced, it becomes all too common for consumers to assign their claims to third-party claim management companies, which typically operate on a contingency basis and take a percentage of the amounts successfully recovered. In Case C‑80/24, the consumer assigned their claim against a bank to Zwrotybankowe.pl, one such claim management company, which would retain 50% of the recovered amounts as remuneration … (more)

[Jie Ouyang, Recent developments in European Consumer Law, 7 November]