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Judgment Preservation Insurance – Preserving damages awards
TheJudge• November 28th, 2021

Judgment Preservation Insurance – Preserving damages awards against an adverse appeal/annulment So much of the claimant litigation risk transfer market, both litigation finance and insurance, is focused on the risk of avoiding an adverse outcome with the resultant loss of … Continued

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Should Priority Agreements get more priority?
TheJudge• November 28th, 2021

Over time, due to the rapid growth in the availability of litigation finance, more and more cases involve a minimum of three stakeholders: a litigant, a funder and an after the event (ATE) insurer. A pre-condition of any litigation finance … Continued

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Global launch of TheJudge affiliate – Erso Capital
TheJudge• November 28th, 2021

As widely reported across legal news media, TheJudge’s affiliate, Erso Capital, a new litigation finance company has launched globally. At the time of the launch, between discretionary funds, single managed accounts and co-investment funds, Erso has access to capital in … Continued

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COST PROTECTION
TheJudge• March 12th, 2021

With the advent of Adverse Costs (or After-The-Event, ATE) insurance in Ontario, it may appear to an outsider that a plaintiff is now in much the same situation as the defendant; an insurer is there to indemnify the individual should … Continued

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OTLA – 2019
TheJudge• March 12th, 2021

Tt should also be borne in mind that ATE also serves important needs within the community by facilitating access to justice for persons and entities who might otherwise be denied this.  -Mr.JusticeHogan1 After-The-Event (ATE) insurance can mitigate the clients’ remaining … Continued

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Disbursement Funding Options
Katie Armstrong• February 7th, 2019

A client’s ability to fund disbursements is always a key consideration when preparing a legal budget. Historically, litigation funders would typically only consider cases of a certain size that met a significant cost to damages threshold. As a consequence, it … Continued

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TheJudge Canada attend the Ontario Bar Association Institute Conference
TheJudge• February 7th, 2019

TheJudge Canada was invited to attend the Ontario Bar Association Institute conference on 5th February on Civil Litigation, discussing the most recent and relevant issues impacting litigation practices in Ontario under the title “Litigating in a New Era”. The conference focused … Continued

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Preparing an application for funding
Katie Armstrong• November 15th, 2018

Due to the growing awareness of litigation funding options, an increasing amount of plaintiffs and lawyers now have access to capital to litigate valid claims and grow their firms. However, for many plaintiffs and lawyers, the funding process is new … Continued

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Do all third party commercial litigation funders charge the same for funding a case?
Katie Armstrong• November 15th, 2018

There exists a widespread misconception that most litigation funders charge the same success fee. Based on our practical experience when broking third party funding for clients involved in litigation and arbitration, there are large variances between the cost of litigation … Continued

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Insolvency litigation in 2021 – a Q&A with the team at TheJudge
TheJudge• November 28th, 2021

Many people had predicted a huge rise in insolvency litigation in 2021. What are you seeing, and what’s your prediction for the future? As one of the busiest litigation insurance brokerages in the UK, we often spot trends in litigation, … Continued

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If you reap what you sew, is seed funding always the best solution?
Matthew Amey• November 28th, 2021

When it comes to pushing the envelope on the application of litigation funding, lawyers are sometimes known to try and persuade a funder to provide so-called “seed funding”. This is a relatively small commitment of funds to pay for disbursements or fees that … Continued

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Arbitration funding making inroads in commercial disputes
Matthew Amey• February 7th, 2019

The commercial world is waking up to the value of funding options in arbitration, says Matthew Amey, director at TheJudge Global. As the arbitration scene matures worldwide in tandem with the market for litigation funding, Amey tells AdvocateDaily.com that parties to disputes are shedding some … Continued

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Navigating the litigation funding and insurance market: choosing a funder
Katie Armstrong• November 15th, 2018

In the final instalment of a two-part series of TheJudge Global’s guide to the litigation funding and insurance market, Katie Armstrong reviews the factors clients should take into consideration when choosing a litigation funding provider. Plaintiffs shouldn’t be tempted to … Continued

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Navigating the litigation funding and insurance market: choosing an insurer
Katie Armstrong• October 16th, 2018

In part one in a two-part series of TheJudge Global’s guide to the litigation funding and insurance market, Katie Armstrong reviews the factors clients should take into consideration when choosing a litigation insurance provider. Independent brokers like TheJudge Global can … Continued

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