Serious, numerous and widespread barriers to access
ing remedy 64
4.1.1
Legal and procedural barriers .....................
.................................... 65
4.1.2
Practical and financial barriers ..................
..................................... 79
4.1.3
Barriers to justice: some conceptual problems .....
........................ 87
4.1.4
Consequences of barriers to remedy ................
............................. 88
4.2
Distortions in patterns of distribution and use of
domestic legal
mechanisms ........................................
...................................................
...... 89
4.2.1
The present picture ...............................
........................................... 89
4.2.2
Developments and trends that may alter patterns of
distribution
and use in future .................................
...................................................
...... 95
4.3
Legal uncertainty .................................
................................................ 98
4.4
Unevenness in levels of legal protection and inequa
lities in the
ability of different groups to access justice .....
......................................... 99
4.5
Other possible consequences of differences in legal
standards and
conditions between jurisdictions ..................
........................................... 101
4.5.1
Obstacles to international cooperation ............
............................ 101
4.5.2
Lack of proactive behaviour on the part of domesti
c law
enforcement agencies ..............................
................................................. 1
02
4.5.3
Lack of a “level playing field” for companies .....
......................... 102
4.6
Conclusions