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Case studies – examples of cases actually being funded & insured
TheJudge• March 13th, 2014
If you’ve ever wondered what types of cases are being funded and insured, we’ve updated our case examples page to demonstrate a mix of claimants ranging from FTSE 100 business through to SMEs and insolvency practitioners who have successfully secured … Continued
Damages Based agreements-A reality for law firms through risk management
TheJudge• March 12th, 2014
While debate continues as to whether the MOJ will permit partial DBAs (agreements where the lawyer takes a US style contingency fee), a number of practices have already grabbed the bull by the horns and started to test the waters … Continued
Litigation Funders Feel Pain of Defeat
TheJudge• January 23rd, 2014
When a High Court judge rejected a $1.6bn claim against oil explorer Gulf Keystone last month, over disputed rights to Iraqi oilfields, it was not only the claimant, Excalibur Ventures, that lost out. Its financial backers in the case found … 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
Commercial Litigation Funding Explained: The Video
TheJudge• October 13th, 2013
This short video from walks you through how TheJudge can take the stress out of obtaining funding and insurance for your litigation. If you haven’t considered litigation funding and/or insurance, you should. Speak to TheJudge
Change of Mindset
TheJudge• October 1st, 2013
With several recent surveys suggesting that a growing number of clients now want to discuss alternative fee arrangements, including conditional fee agreements, damages-based agreements and after-the-event insurance and funding, it is becoming clear that lawyers may need to change the … Continued
A Winning Pitch
TheJudge• August 12th, 2013
Is Expertise Alone Still Enough? Whether your client is an individual, a small business or a large corporate, purse strings are tightening generally and everyone is trying to cut back and save money where they can. And while litigation is … Continued
Contingency Fees Make Lawyers Better Lawyers
TheJudge• July 12th, 2013
These were perhaps the standout quotes from one of the AM Top 20 panellists at our recent International Arbitration Funding panel debate in London. The debate evening provided a lively discussion between our esteemed panellists which included partners from White … Continued
High Court Rules Claimants Can Recover Cost of Disbursement Funding
TheJudge• June 13th, 2013
A group of Claimants, instructing Hugh James, has recently been successful in recovering the cost of their disbursement funding arrangement from the Defendant in the High Court. The Claimants, primarily being former employees of a phurnacite plant in South Wales, … Continued
