On April 22, 2010, Jarosław Sroczyński presented a lecture “Class Actions: overview of the legal nature and practical application of this institution in other countries”, at a Conference entitled “Class actions – a new step towards enforcement of the protection of consumers”. The Conference was devoted to various legal issues of class actions, introduced in the Polish court law by the Law of December 17, 2009 on the Enforcement of Claims in Group Proceedings, which will enter into force on July 19, 2010. The Conference was organized in Warsaw by Wolters Kluwer Poland, under the honorary patronage of the Polish Bar Association.