Class Actions in Norway

The Article is dedicated to group action and group proceedings in Norway. It is not a secret, that regulation of group action in Norway has specific character. The research begins with the history of enactment of law on group proceedings in Norway. The Author concludes that prototype of group action such as Norwegian representative action existed in Norwegian law for long. Then the Author touches prerequisites of group action that the lawmaker used in Dispute Act, 2008. The Author analyzes the hybrid model of participation of group members in group proceedings, that combined optin and optout principles at the choice of the court. In addition, the author raises the following questions: position of group representative, judicial representation on collective disputes, court costs, appeal. The Author concludes that knowledge of Norwegian experience is also useful for our national lawmaker.