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Litigation funding is the funding of legal cases by third parties for a pre-agreed share of the proceeds (costs damages) if the case is successful - either through settlement or winning at trial.
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litigation funding Broadly speaking, litigation funding is the funding of legal cases by third parties for a pre- agreed share of the proceeds (costs + damages) if the case is successful - either through settlement or winning at trial. In the UK, litigation finance can be traced back to the 1967 Criminal Law Act, which helped to address third-party litigation funding within the context of Maintenance and Champerty laws. 2
litigation finance Mainenance Maintenance and Champerty had a history of being illegal in the UK, so the 1967 Criminal Law Act needed to include a caveat that respected public policy. When this occurred, there was still confusion over the context in which litigation finance could be used. 3
litigation funding litigation funding has seen growing acceptance both by the public, investors and the judiciary - particularly with the recent reforms to the UK justice system and rapidly rising cost of pursuing legal claims. 4
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litigation finance Outside the UK, litigation funding is a well established tool in other common and civil law jurisdictions such as Australia, the USA and Canada. 6
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