Can an ATE policy be good security in a claim where there are allegations of dishonesty or fraud?
Erso• June 5th, 2023
Matthew Amey of TheJudge recently wrote an article for Practical Law on the High Court’s judgment in Saxon Woods Investment Ltd v Francesco Costa and others [2023] EWHC 850 (Ch). He considers the questions the court will examine when deciding … Continued
Collective actions: is it time to climb beyond the foothills?
Erso• March 20th, 2023
There has been much talk about a recent judgment of the Kings’ Bench Division of the High Court in which Mr Justice Robin Knowles has refused to strike out a representative action brought by Commission Recovery Limited on behalf of … Continued
Keeping the options open: weighing up funding and insurance for clients
Erso• January 7th, 2023
A multi-national, well-resourced corporate approaches your firm about a large, cross-border dispute which seems to have strong merits and will keep a litigation team busy for the next few years. That all sounds like a good day in the office … Continued
Erso Capital launches additional $500m Litigation Fund dedicated to Patent Disputes.
Erso• September 28th, 2022
Erso Capital is delighted to announce that we have launched a dedicated fund to finance patent litigation opportunities around the world with access to in excess of $500 million in capital between discretionary funds, single managed accounts and co-investment funds. … Continued
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
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
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