The Hidden Cost of Vulnerability: Is Litigation Funding Keeping Pace with Access to Justice?

Nick McDonnell, costs lawyer and author of A Practitioner’s Guide to Vulnerability & Costs, considers whether litigation funding arrangements and recoverable costs regimes adequately account for the additional time, resources and expense required to support vulnerable claimants

Bench Walk backs £5 billion UK class actions against Visa and Mastercard

Proposed proceedings seek compensation for businesses allegedly overcharged on consumer card transactions since October 2020

Harbour Credit provides £2 million to UK law firm in first deal under new brand

New facility will fund additional instructions and support growth in the credit hire and accident management sectors

Unnamed funder backs group claim against St James’s Place over alleged seizure of adviser businesses

Former advisers allege their client portfolios were transferred without fair compensation following contract terminations and voluntary departures

Omni Bridgeway backs $144 million merchant fee class action against NSW Government

Private equity group Charlesbank closes one of the biggest law firm deals

Litigation Capital Management shares fall 40% after termination notice on collective action funding agreement

Family Offices Pursue Litigation Funds as Portfolio Diversifier

More than 20 states now regulate litigation funding: Triple-I

High Court dismisses claim against Uber by 13,000 black cab drivers on limitation grounds

Litigation Capital Management: Risk, optimism, required hit rates, and durations. Where it all went wrong.

Interest on Costs for Funded Claimants: What Município de Mariana v BHP Means in Practice