Charlotte Pavillon begins research on ex officio review of European consumer law
Prof. Charlotte Pavillon, professor of private law at our faculty, will conduct research this fall for the Council for the Judiciary. Her research deals with the obligation for civil courts to review of their own motion (ex officio) whether a case complies with European consumer law.
The research will focus primarily on what this review exactly entails and how far the obligation extends, especially in cases where one party does not appear (default cases). It will also examine how this obligation fits with the freedom of member states to determine their own rules and procedures.
Furthermore, the study will look at the consequences of this review for (national) substantive law, how it affects the enforcement of consumer rights, and how this review is applied in several other countries.
This article was published by the Faculty of Law.
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