Concerns about third-party funders' potential control of a claimant's case once it is funded are often raised.

As I now write, it is almost 40 years to the day since I started as a pupil on 1 October 1975 at what were then the Chambers of R A MacCrindle QC in 4 Essex Court, Temple.

It is also an unfortunate truth that litigation is now an accepted part of modern business.

We have observed much movement and fast paced progress from the Asian dispute resolution centres in the past few months. In this article, we look at two of the main jurisdictions where the availability of third party funding is evolving.

Can third party litigation funding provide access to justice and put claimants in a stronger bargaining position? Are worries about loss of case control and regulation exaggerated?

In this edition of who wins where and why, we look north to Scandinavia. What started as a fact finding mission on a recent trip to Stockholm quickly revealed that a wider investigation...

In the ‘industry focus' section, we will focus on a specific industry and what it reveals about the legal landscape from the perspectives of claimants, lawyers and funders.

Professional third-party funders tend to stay away from patent disputes. It is unfortunate because this is an area where SMEs and individual inventors whose only assets are often their ingenuity need help.

In October 2016, ICSID launched an amendment process – the fourth of its kind – by inviting suggestions for rule amendments.

The consequences of getting litigation wrong are clear: the business is exposed to unnecessary and hazardous risk

Third party funding is an arrangement whereby a party (the funder), which typically has no prior interest in a dispute, will fund the legal costs of a claimant...

The Court ruled that the transfer of the solicitor's share of the sale proceeds to his wife was a gift and therefore a transaction defrauding creditors within the meaning of s423.

The High Court has considered applications relating to a disclosure order made under the disclosure pilot scheme which has applied in the Business and Property Courts since 1 January 2019.

In this edition of Vannin Capital's In Conversation Series, London Managing Director, Rosemary Ioannou discusses the development of third party funding in offshore financial centres with John O'Driscoll...

On 14 March 2017 the DIFC Courts issued "Practice Direction 2 of 2017 – Third Party Funding in the DIFC Courts" (PD 2/2017) forming part of the Courts' procedural rules.

Unless this decision is overturned on appeal, there may need to be a complete rethink about adverse costs policies.

Dispute resolution funding has been in the spotlight in Ireland following the delivery of the Persona judgment by the Irish Supreme Court in May last year.

A recent decision of the Grand Court has opened the door to litigation funding in the Cayman Islands, which is now poised to be among the first offshore jurisdictions to welcome the industry and benefit from the opportunities it presents.

The GetSwift decision has helpful guidance as to the factors to take into account when managing competing class actions.

In this journal in 2015, I wrote on the subject 'Funding insolvency litigation: a new dawn', outlining various streams of funding available to insolvency practitioners (IPs) ...