Press Release: Improving citizens’ access to justice: Better dispute resolution across EU countries

Following an agreement reached at the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on 2 December 2005, internet shoppers, holiday travellers, consumers, and businesses across the EU benefited from improvements in ways of addressing, resolving and enforcing outcomes in civil cases involving parties in different EU countries.

Please note that the Department for Constitutional Affairs became part of the Ministry of Justice in 2007. It appears that this press notice is no longer available.