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Litigation Funders Feel Pain of Defeat
TheJudge• January 23rd, 2014
When a High Court judge rejected a $1.6bn claim against oil explorer Gulf Keystone last month, over disputed rights to Iraqi oilfields, it was not only the claimant, Excalibur Ventures, that lost out. Its financial backers in the case found … Continued
Litigation Funding and ATE Insurance in 2014
Matthew Amey• January 3rd, 2014
Increasingly competitive use of alternative fee arrangements will be one of this year’s challenges, Matthew Amey predicts As awareness of the Third Party Funding (TPF) market continues to increase amongst lawyers and their clients (in particular amongst corporate clients), we … Continued
How to Win Cases and Influence People – Litigation Funding strives to go mainstream
Sarah Downey• December 4th, 2013
As third-party funders enjoy robust growth within a buoyant disputes climate, Legal Business assesses current attitudes towards litigation’s controversial bankrollers. Third-party litigation funders have suffered bad PR for more than 40 years. Often depicted as lurking in the shadows of the … Continued
Defending the Consumer
Carolyn Holmes• September 5th, 2013
Will new legislation encourage more competitve corporate behaviour or fuel class actions? Carolyn Holmes looks at the consequences of legislation in Europe and the UK. There has been an ongoing movement throughout Europe in recent years to increase access to … Continued
A Winning Pitch
TheJudge• August 12th, 2013
Is Expertise Alone Still Enough? Whether your client is an individual, a small business or a large corporate, purse strings are tightening generally and everyone is trying to cut back and save money where they can. And while litigation is … Continued
Do Not Ignore Alternative Funding Arrangements
James Delaney• April 29th, 2013
Article on the risks of avoiding alternative funding arrangements. Written by James Delaney of TheJudge and published in the ‘Risk Briefing’ within the 29th April edition of The Lawyer. Article is available to view on pages 28-29 of the online … Continued
Post-Jackson Advice for Clients on Funding Options
James Delaney• April 5th, 2013
POST-JACKSON: THE LAWYER’S DILEMMA WHEN ADVISING CLIENTS ON FUNDING OPTIONS Now the dust is settling, with recoverability of ATE insurance premiums and CFA success fees soon to be a distant memory, the question many litigators are asking is “What’s Next?!”. … Continued
Jackson Reforms – Trials and Tribulations
TheJudge• March 12th, 2013
One could be forgiven for thinking the campaign to halt or defer the main planks of the civil justice reforms devised by Sir Ruper Jackson is still in full swing. To be fair to the refusniks, the impression that all … Continued
The Real Cost
TheJudge• November 18th, 2012
Losing recoverability means losing control. Over the past decade, not all barristers have embraced the idea of sharing risk with their clients through conditional fee arrangements (‘CFAs’). Indeed, some felt that it adversely affected their independence when providing advice to … Continued
