Former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Dispute Lawyer Joins Erso
Erso• May 9th, 2022
The team at Erso are delighted to announce the arrival of Sarah Breckenridge to our team. Sarah joins as an Investment Manager in Erso’s UK team. Prior to joining Erso, Sarah worked as a corporate/commercial litigator at Bryan Cave … Continued
RENEWAL OF DIAC RULES INCLUDE UPDATES ON THIRD PARTY FUNDING AND COSTS RECOVERY
Erso• April 29th, 2022
On the 2nd of March 2022, the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (“DIAC”) published the DIAC Arbitration Rules 2022 (“the 2022 Rules”). The Rules follow the re-launch of DIAC by Decree No. 34 of Year 2021, which abolished existing arbitration centres … Continued
Erso Launches sub-funding facility for smaller value commercial disputes
Erso• March 24th, 2022
While we regularly invest in largescale litigation matters, at Erso we’ve always recognised the lack of available capital in the litigation funding market to support commercial disputes that require relatively small funding commitments (e.g., those requiring between £100k – £500k, … Continued
Tech Giants fail in bids to reveal ATE premiums in the CAT
Erso• May 9th, 2022
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (“CAT”) has refused to disclose a proposed representative claimant’s after-the-event insurance premiums to Google, ruling for the second time in recent months, that to do so would give the defendant an ‘unfair tactical advantage’. As part … Continued
High Court upholds award of costs for third party funding
Erso• January 18th, 2022
In Tenke Fungurume Mining SA v. Katanga Contracting Services[i], a recent High Court decision reinforces the reluctance of the English courts to intervene in arbitration appeals and confirms the approach taken by the court in Essar[ii] in which a section … Continued
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Erso• September 14th, 2021
Launch Event Highlights- Professor Brian Cox Q&A : Is Time Travel Possible?
Erso• September 7th, 2021
If you were unable to make it to our online launch event earlier this year, you can still catch a bit of our fascinating Q&A with Professor Brian Cox, as we’ll be releasing some exclusive content from the event for … Continued
New joiner- Erso hires former Amtrust senior underwriter
Erso• September 7th, 2021
We’re delighted to announce that Bob Knock has joined Erso as one of our Investment Counsel team. Bob has a longstanding career in assessing legal risks on behalf of several specialist litigation insurers as well as cost budgeting from his … Continued
District of New Jersey Adopts Rule Requiring Disclosure of Third-Party Litigation Funding
Erso• July 20th, 2021
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently amended its local rules to require disclosures about third-party litigation funding in cases before the Court. On June 22, 2021, the Court adopted Local Civil Rule 7.1.1, which … Continued