NLJ this week: Third party funding - a litigation lifeline?

As the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic gathers speed, the litigation finance industry is in a position to provide a lifeline, Simon Davenport QC and Daniel Goldblatt, 3 Hare Court, and Sergey Litovchenko, Bivonas Law, write in this week’s NLJ

They explain how lawyers and their clients can best position themselves to apply for and negotiate third party litigation funding. As demand for their services increases, funders are likely to become more discerning and to charge more for their services.

Davenport, Goldblatt and Litovchenko examine what third-party funding involves, how to get it, what the typical costs are, and recount their experience of applications involving Russian and CIS clients.

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Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

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NLJ this week: Employment law’s fine margins

From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act

NLJ this week: Promises broken on non-molestation orders?

Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection

NLJ this week: Assisted dying under the legal microscope

Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961

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NLJ this week: Third party funding - a litigation lifeline?

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown