A class action, often known as a group action, is a synonym for a representative or collective action, most commonly associated and used to describe the collective/representative action mechanism available in the United States where one or more representatives bring(s) an action on behalf of a defined group of claimants whose claims involve the same, similar or related matters of fact or law.

In the context of the RCI Action Group, the “class action” is a reference to a collective or “group” action to be brought by a representative party for and on behalf of itself, or simply by the representative body on behalf of, a represented class of claimants seeking the vindication of substantive law rights, where the nature of the cause of action gives rise to a commonality of interest between the members of the group, that is, the members of RCI Europe.