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The role and impact of environmental class actions in Australia
Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law Pub Date : 2021-09-01 , DOI: 10.4337/apjel.2021.01.01
Brooke Dellavedova 1
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Class actions provide a mechanism for grouping together like claims; and, in doing so, can enhance access to justice and the integrity of our democratic processes. Environmental class actions have an important role to play in environmental governance including by providing compensation and remediation, shaping norms of conduct and promoting accountability. There are, however, various limitations on the usefulness of class actions in achieving environmental objectives. In particular, the class actions regime is procedural rather than substantive (it does not overcome limitations on the availability or utility of causes of action for addressing environmental harm); it attracts the operation of additional rules and jurisprudence which may make some actions more difficult or not well suited to being brought as class actions; and class actions tend to be expensive and risky. Accordingly (and notwithstanding a recent flurry) we are unlikely to see the opening of the dreaded floodgates. Rather, environmental governance will most likely continue to be supported by the appropriate and considered commencement and conduct of meritorious actions.



中文翻译:

澳大利亚环境集体诉讼的作用和影响

集体诉讼提供了一种将类似索赔组合在一起的机制;并且这样做可以增强诉诸司法的机会和我们民主进程的完整性。环境集体诉讼在环境治理中可以发挥重要作用,包括提供补偿和补救、塑造行为规范和促进问责制。然而,集体诉讼在实现环境目标方面的作用存在各种限制。特别是,集体诉讼制度是程序性的而不是实质性的(它不能克服对解决环境损害的诉因的可用性或效用的限制);它吸引了额外规则和判例的实施,这可能会使某些诉讼更加困难或不适合作为集体诉讼提起;集体诉讼往往既昂贵又冒险。因此(尽管最近发生了一阵骚动)我们不太可能看到可怕的闸门打开。相反,环境治理很可能会继续得到适当和深思熟虑的立功行动的支持。

更新日期:2021-09-24
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