Christopher Patz

Christopher Patz is an Australian lawyer and works as policy assistant at the European Coalition for Corporate Justice.

The misuse of abuse: fears of potentially abusive litigation are overriding the reality of abusive companies in Europe

It’s time to look to the future of collective redress in the EU on the basis of the evidence, for victims of corporate abuse in all member states and for all types of harm.

By Christopher Patz

/ 15 Apr 2018

Consumer is King? Of class actions and who matters in EU law

The European Commission proposes that consumers should be able to take class actions in future, in the wake of the VW Dieselgate scandal. But it has forgotten other victims of corporate harm.

By Christopher Patz

/ 20 Dec 2017