22 Mar, 2024 Regulatory relief: UK government introduces legislation to reverse Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR on litigation funding agreements By Kirstie Hutchinson Malcolm Hitching Jamie Macpherson Finlay Leggat +1 more... Show less On 19 March 2024, the Government introduced draft legislation in the House of Lords, in the form of the Litigation Funding Agreements...
31 Jan, 2024 An overview of legal finance in England and Wales By Malcolm Hitching Ross Mullen On Monday 22 January, Burford Capital hosted a webinar on legal finance in England and Wales, which Macfarlanes was pleased to join. The...
16 Jan, 2024 UK litigation and legal assets funding - trends for 2024 By Malcolm Hitching James Popperwell Finlay Leggat 2023 was a busy and turbulent year in the UK litigation funding and legal assets sector, dominated as it was by the fallout from the...
20 Nov, 2023 AIFMD II - Final compromise text published By Gavin Haran Samuel Brooks Michael Sholem Shang-Hsuen Koh +1 more... Show less The “final text” of the amending directive (AIFMD II) on the amendment of Directive 2011/61/EU on alternative investment fund managers...
04 Jun, 2021 Litigation funders and control: risk of third party costs orders By Nikolas Ireland Section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and CPR 46.2 gives the Court the power to make third party costs orders against litigation...
28 Apr, 2021 The importance of litigation funding By Malcolm Hitching This morning’s FT article is a good reminder of the importance of the UK’s litigation funding industry. The rapid evolution of the sector...