Recent Developments In The Funding Of Litigation In Jersey

Introduction

There have been significant developments in the United Kingdom during the past two decades in the funding of commercial litigation. Some, although not all, of these developments have also impacted on the Jersey commercial litigation market.

In England and Wales, the principal developments of recent years are in the introduction of both lawyer funded litigation and third party funded litigation and the expansion of the insurance funded market. So, whilst clients can still fund their litigation via the traditional method (being fully responsible for their lawyer's costs whatever the result), there is now greater choice for plaintiffs.

Lawyer funded litigation in England and Wales