One would not be surprised if a local lawyer in the Middle East
region is unfamiliar with the term "class action" or
understand what it means. As most may know, a class action is a
lawsuit that allows a large number of people with a common interest
in a matter (which in most cases are consumer related matters) to
sue or be sued as a group.
Such lawsuit is not recognised in most of the Middle East which
means that if a number of people wish to bring a lawsuit, then each
will need to file their case separately before the Court. This, of
course, is not cost effective especially if those involved are, as
is the case in most cases, consumers going against big companies.
As a result of this, and also the fact that legal costs are not
recoverable in this region, one would expect (especially for big
companies, which going forward in this article will be referred to
as "providers") that the Middle East region is a secured
and protected region from the risk of claims by
