Third Party Funding Solutions in Civil Litigation
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- Length:
- 30 minutes of audio
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- Course Aims:
This podcast aims to introduce listeners to third party funding as a means to allow a civil claim to be brought. With litigation costs sky-high and a lack of liquidity, claimants are looking for someone to bankroll their claim. It will discuss how the mechanics of the funder-claimant-lawyer relationship works, what approach third parties take to backing litigation and what changes are in the air following Lord Justice Jackson’s Cost Review in 2010.
- Outcomes:
- After completing the course you will:
- Understand what third party funding is and its place in facilitating civil litigation;
- Be aware of the proposed changes to the third party funding market following Jackson’s proposals;
- Understand the relationship between third party funding and ATE insurance;
- Understand the approach third party backers take to a claim when approached for funding;
- Understand the risks and benefits in having a third party backer for litigation;
- Understand what a third party is prepared to fund;
- Understand the place of third party funding within the ancient doctrines of maintenance and champerty.
- Level:
- General Interest
- Classification:
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Introduction
Practical Guide
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This podcast is about funding litigation with the assistance of a third party backer. It examines how such an arrangement works and the trends in the litigation funding market place.
Podcast added: 05/08/10
Podcast last reviewed: 2011-10-31
