How Litigation Funding Is Driving Class Actions In The UK (Video)

Litigation or third party funding has transformed the UK disputes market over the past 20 years. Its growth has been enabled by procedural and regulatory changes. But a combination of sophisticated investors, entrepreneurial lawyers, the on-going search for better economic returns and the preference for lawyers and clients to align their economic interests is driving disputes activity.

Class Actions are one of the most attractive categories of disputes for funders. They are large, often reputationally significant and they are capable of being priced. This latest video in DLA Piper's Class Actions series discusses how funding works and what makes a prospective Class Action attractive for funding.