UK government shelves litigation funding bill

Funders are reacting to the UK Government’s decision to shelve reintroducing the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill until after the Civil Justice Council (CJC) has completed its review next year, with Neil Purslow of Therium calling the decision “deeply disappointing”, while Tanya Lansky of LionFish said one upside was that the CJC review could look to broader structural issues impairing access to justice, adding: “Some may not like a broader agenda, but the broader the review, the better informed the likely outcome.”