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Category Archive: Insights

Litigation funding: what constitutes control?

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In this article, Senior Director of Legal Finance Stephen O’Dowd looks at what constitutes funder control. When firms first consider litigation funding, the question of how much control the funder does or doesn’t have over the case inevitably comes up quickly. Often even before pricing, especially for institutional clients. Having worked in litigation funding for […]

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Funding the Pressure Points: How Capital Strengthens Fraud Claims at Critical Moments

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In this article, Director of Legal Finance Nicola Lewis, examines how strategically deployed capital strengthens civil fraud claims at critical moments, particularly in the context of high-stakes, cross-border commercial litigation. Civil fraud disputes are at the sharper end of commercial litigation. They are high stakes, strategically intense and hard-fought battles often arising from business relationships […]

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The Paper Award Problem: Why Enforcement Risk Now Shapes Arbitration Funding in Claims Against Nation States

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In this article, Director of Legal Finance Lucas Arnold looks at the complexity, delays, and costs involved in enforcement, and explores how litigation funding can mitigate these risks. When Winning Isn’t Enough A US$100 million award looks like victory. Often though, it isn’t. Picture this, a claimant wins against a nation state or state owned […]

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Show Me the Merits (and the Money): What Makes a UK Group Litigation Claim Worth Funding?

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In this article, Director of Legal Finance Jordan Walsh explores the evolving criteriafor securing funding for group claims in England and Wales and sets out key practicalconsiderations for litigants In conversations with claimants and law firms, I am often asked what funders actually look for when determining if a group claim in England and Wales […]

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Navigating the cashflow challenges of running a Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury Firm

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Every business is dealing with a challenging economy at the moment – rising costs and inflationary pressures are taking their toll, and the expense of recruiting and retaining skilled knowledge professionals (like fee-earning legal staff) increase all the time. And it seems law firms are facing a perfect storm – not only are they dealing […]

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Will caution inhibit law firm growth in 2024?

Harbour Litigation Funding

As uncertainty continues to loom over the economy, it might be time for firms to take some calculated risks to remain competitive, says Maurice MacSweeney, director of legal finance and sales planning at Harbour, a litigation funder and provider of lending and credit facilities to law firms. Of all the things law firm leaders are […]

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