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NLJ this week: A revolutionary development in litigation funding

26 May 2023
Issue: 8026 / Categories: Legal News , Litigation funding , Legal services
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Litigation funding is evolving beyond single-case litigation, Maurice MacSweeney, director of legal finance & sales planning at Harbour, writes in this week’s NLJ.

‘The most recent development is perhaps the most revolutionary—litigation financiers becoming funders to law firms or other legal businesses, and for purposes not necessarily linked to litigation,’ MacSweeney writes.

He outlines the developments afoot and the huge potential this affords, noting that legal financiers have a ‘deep understanding of the requirements of law firms’. 

Read more on the evolution of litigation funding here.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

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Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

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Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

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An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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