Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023

Costs

31. (1) Subject to subsection (2), an individual consumer concerned by a representative action for redress measures shall not be liable to pay the costs of the proceedings.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Order 99 of the Rules of the Superior Courts ( S.I. No. 15 of 1986 ) or any other enactment, the Court may, at its discretion, in exceptional circumstances, order an individual consumer represented in a representative action for redress measures to pay the costs of proceedings that were incurred as a result of the individual consumer’s intentional or negligent conduct.

(3) The successful party to a representative action may seek to recover the costs related to providing information to consumers for the purposes of the representative action.