In recognition of the concept of consumers’ right to a fair trial, protection of individual and collective consumer interests should be extended across Europe as well as nationally. The need to affirm the processual position of so-called vulnerable parties in civil procedure is as much a complex matter as it is multi-faceted. The fact that the legislator devised new separate proceedings for cases involving consumers is a manifestation of the equalizing justice principle having been realized. It introduces statutory discrimination in the area of civil procedural law. Regardless, one may well doubt whether the current form of this procedure comprises enough significant deviations from ordinary proceedings to justify such nature being conferred upon it. The present reflections form part of a broader discussion regarding the structure, form, and suitability of procedural law.