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Donna Nortcliffe joins TheJudge from Irwin Mitchell LLP
Thejudge• June 8th, 2021

TheJudge team are delighted to announce that Donna Nortcliffe has joined our insurance team. Donna was formerly a commercial disputes solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP for almost a decade. During her time at Irwin Mitchell, Donna regularly advised business clients … Continued

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Should Priority Agreements get more priority?
Thejudge• May 7th, 2021

Over time, due to the rapid growth in the availability of litigation finance, more and more cases involve a minimum of three stakeholders: a litigant, a funder and an after the event (ATE) insurer. A pre-condition of any litigation finance … Continued

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Global launch of TheJudge affiliate – Erso Capital
Thejudge• March 3rd, 2021

As widely reported across legal news media, TheJudge’s affiliate, Erso Capital, a new litigation finance company has launched globally. At the time of the launch, between discretionary funds, single managed accounts and co-investment funds, Erso has access to capital in … Continued

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Order for security funding cost prohibitive
Matthew Amey• September 28th, 2020

Tribunal overturns own order for security because the cost of funding the security was “prohibitive” An ICSID tribunal has overturned its own order that the claimant provides security for costs in order to allow a German administrator to proceed with … Continued

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The High Court Hands Down its Judgment in the FCA Test Case on COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance
Emily Thomas• September 28th, 2020

In a landmark decision handed down on 15th September 2020, the High Court has ruled that the majority of businesses who held business interruption insurance and were forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic are entitled to be indemnified … Continued

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Chambers acknowledges TheJudge as Top Ranked Litigation Broker
TheJudge• July 29th, 2020

TheJudge Global are delighted to announce that we have been recognised as one of the leading litigation funding brokers in the UK, achieving Band 1 status in the Chambers and Partners directory.  Matt Amey has also been recognised as a … Continued

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Accelerate: The commercial ATE product the market has waited for
TheJudge• July 24th, 2020

After a detailed review of the market position for ATE insurance applications for commercial cases requiring adverse costs and own disbursement cover of up to £250,000, TheJudge have concluded that these proposals are best served by a process that involves … Continued

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Patrick Webber joins TheJudge
TheJudge• June 30th, 2020

TheJudge Global is delighted to announce that Patrick Webber has joined the business as Divisional Director. Pat will be based in London but will be responsible for supporting clients of TheJudge throughout the UK and Europe. For the last 18 … Continued

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Global Economic Turbulence – The equalizer opportunity for international arbitration lawyers
TheJudge• June 18th, 2020

A few weeks ago was a dire week in the global financial markets, following the US Federal Reserve’s pessimistic warnings about the slow economic growth ahead.  Both big and small businesses are suffering alike.  Whether because of drastic government bailouts, … Continued

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Erso Capital, DBAs and the need for transparent discussions
Robert Warner• May 30th, 2021

As reported by The Lawyer and various other media outlets, February saw the launch of Erso Capital, a litigation finance company affiliate to TheJudge Group. While much of the media attention focused on Erso’s extensive access to capital (exceeding $1bn), … Continued

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Court of Appeal decision in Zuberi v Lexlaw ushers in new era for DBAs
Matthew Amey• February 24th, 2021

I have extolled the virtues of Damages-based agreements (DBAs) for clients and law firms in commercial litigation since they became permissible in England and Wales in 2013. They are a  simple and straightforward form of fee arrangement, that creates a … Continued

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Chambers acknowledges TheJudge as Top Ranked Litigation Broker
TheJudge• July 29th, 2020

TheJudge Global are delighted to announce that we have been recognised as one of the leading litigation funding brokers in the UK, achieving Band 1 status in the Chambers and Partners directory.  Matt Amey has also been recognised as a … Continued

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Litigation funders, group claims and security for costs: Rowe and others v Ingenious Media Holdings Plc and others
Matthew Amey• March 4th, 2020

Litigation funders and after the event (ATE) insurers will be carefully reviewing a judgment delivered by Nugee J in the Rowe and others v Ingenious Media litigation because it will affect a number of group claims which, by their nature, … Continued

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Will artificial intelligence revolutionise the litigation funding market any time soon? (Spoiler alert) Probably not!
Verity Jackson-Grant• September 26th, 2019

It is no secret that applying for litigation funding can be arduous and time consuming. On the one hand, it’s no surprise that it might take some time to convince a funder to invest potentially millions of pounds in the … Continued

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TheJudge secures litigation insurance for consumer group Which? in landmark opt-out collective proceedings against Qualcomm worth over £480m.

TheJudge has successfully obtained litigation insurance for Which? in respect of theirwell-publicised opt-out collective proceedings against Qualcomm, on behalf of around 29 million UK consumers.

The obtaining of this litigation insurance, known as ATE insurance, is an important positive step towards obtaining a ‘collective proceedings order’, and Which? being certified as class representative by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Robert Warner, one of the Directors of TheJudge comments: “We are very pleased to have assisted Which? in the process of obtaining litigation insurance for these proposed collective proceedings and to have the opportunity to work with such a first-class legal team. This is the latest in a series of proposed collective proceedings in which TheJudge have been instructed and it is great to be able to utilise our experience as a tier 1 ranked Chambers and Partners litigation broker to add some value to the process”.

The proposed collective proceedings have been covered extensively in the media, including via the BBC, Sky News and City AM.

Hausfeld & Co. LLP (www.hausfeld.com) are instructed to act for Which? (www.which.co.uk) supported by a counsel team at Monckton Chambers (www.monckton.com).