Irwin Mitchell targeting commercial litigators who failed to advise on litigation funding options
TheJudge• July 13th, 2014
National law firm, Irwin Mitchell, which has one of the UK’s largest professional negligence teams, has announced that they are actively looking to represent clients with professional negligence cases against their former lawyers who had failed to discuss litigation funding … Continued
Litigation and Arbitration Boutiques – Stimulating the funding and insurance market as competition takes effect
James Delaney• March 25th, 2014
A review of the past six months has aptly demonstrated the effects of increased competition within the funding market for commercial litigation and arbitration. As the largest broker in the market we’ve seen a 28% increase in the volume of … Continued
March 2014 Litigation Funding Update
TheJudge• March 13th, 2014
Litigation and Arbitration boutiques –Stimulating the funding and insurance market as competition takes effect A review of the past six months has demonstrated the effects of increased competition on the funding market for commercial litigation and arbitration. As the largest … Continued
ALF Rolls Out New Capital Adequacy Demands
TheJudge• March 11th, 2014
The Association of Litigation Funders (ALF) has set new capital adequacy requirements and complaint procedures for its third party funder members. The changes which were announced this week were met with approval by the Civil Justice Council, who wished ALF … Continued
Waterfall of payments under priority agreements – moving claimants up the rankings
TheJudge• January 12th, 2014
A deed of priority is an agreement that regulates the waterfall of payments in the event that the claim recovery proves insufficient to pay all interested stakeholders their expected returns. Stakeholders in such an agreement could include a litigation funding … Continued
Hybrid DBAs are the talk of the town – but what is the true picture?
Matthew Amey• November 11th, 2013
Traditionally, when we think of third party funding, it’s usually in the context of financing the claimant. In other words, a litigation funder will enter into a funding agreement with the claimant and agree to pay their legal fees and … Continued
Law Society Conference Reminder – Jackson gives lawyers too much to think about
Matthew Amey• October 16th, 2013
Having been invited by the Law Society to take part in a plenary session on third party funding, in a conference run for commercial litigators, it was a stark reminder of how we’re living through a time of unprecedented uncertainty … Continued
Hitting the City Heights at The Gherkin
TheJudge• October 13th, 2013
At TheJudge, we’re continuing to cement our position as the world’s leading litigation funding broker. Our main office is now 30 St Mary Axe – the famous Gherkin building in the heart of the city. Over the 13 years of … Continued
TheJudge Launches Specialist Litigation Funding Website Terminals
TheJudge• September 13th, 2013
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new website and specialist terminals, designed to bring you all the latest developments in the litigation funding and ATE insurance market. In addition to our main website which primarily deals with … Continued