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- UK CAT refuses payment to funders from damages awarded in settlement agreement prior to distribution – but door not closed for future cases
UK CAT refuses payment to funders from damages awarded in settlement agreement prior to distribution – but door not closed for future cases
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Stephen Wisking, Natalia Rodriguez, Kim Dietzel, Maura McIntosh and Ruth Allen of Herbert Smith Freehills analyse the recent Maritime Car Carriers case, where the CAT held that it can approve payment to funders from settlement damages prior to distribution in competition collective proceedings, but declined to do so.