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SRA investigating why SSB clients are facing huge legal bills
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has revealed it is talking with financial regulators to understand how so many clients of collapsed...
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CommATE Admin
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
Harbour Litigation to fund £2m on behalf of professional footballers
Harbour Litigation is putting up £2m to finance claims on behalf of professional footballers engaged in disputes with clubs. Harbour...
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- Mar 16, 2022
- 1 min
Litigation Capital Management Positive About The Future
Litigation Funder Litigation Capital Management (LCM) struck an upbeat note ‘despite disruption as a result of Covid-19 lockdowns and...
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- Mar 12, 2022
- 2 min
Mastercard Group Litigation to include 3m Dead Claimants
Around three million now-dead people can continue to be part of a mammoth group action against Mastercard after the Competition Appeal...
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CommATE Admin
- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
Data Breach Actions Discontinued Following Google Ruling
Two major representative actions over alleged data breaches have been discontinued in the wake of last year’s Supreme Court ruling in...
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CommATE Admin
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Is ATE Insurance Recoverable in Data Breach Claims?
Since April 2013, when the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) came into effect, most after the event...
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CommATE Admin
- Nov 14, 2021
- 5 min
Lloyd v Google Supreme Court Judgment
Earlier this week, the Lloyd v Google Supreme Court judgment was handed down in the long awaited £3b data breach case of Lloyd...
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- Apr 11, 2021
- 3 min
Litigation Funder Burford Capital Restores Dividend After Record Year
Well known litigation funder Burford Capital has restored its dividend policy to pre-covid levels, following what it calls a ‘record’...
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CommATE Admin
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Claimants £3.6m costs appeal blocked by judge over informed consent
A High Court judge has said there is ‘no chance’ of a client being able to pursue an appeal against his lawyers for deducting £3.6m in...
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CommATE Admin
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
Roxanne Pallett wins Part 36 costs following newspaper's late acceptance
The High Court has ordered a paying party to stump up for costs despite their insistence that they accepted a settlement offer outside...
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CommATE Admin
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Court of Appeal judgment on the payment of solicitors’ fees in damages-based agreements (DBAs)
Lord Justice Lewison, Lord Justice Newey and Lord Justice Coulson dismissed the appeal in Zuberi v Lexlaw Limited and said that London...
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CommATE Admin
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
CMC Fees Capped by the FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority has today proposed a new price cap on the fees that claims management companies charge customers in...
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CommATE Admin
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
International law firm has been fined £21,000 by the SRA
'An international law firm has been fined £21,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for holding millions of pounds in its...
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CommATE Admin
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Potential Group Actions for the Future
While the US and Australia have historically been the trailblazers when it comes to group litigation, this has undeniably been a growth...
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CommATE Admin
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Litigation Funding used by three-quarters of lawyers firms
'Three-quarters of lawyers at big law firms and major corporations say their businesses have used litigation funding, more than twice the...
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CommATE Admin
- Oct 24, 2020
- 2 min
Litigation Funder Burford Profits Fall in H1 2020
Well known litigation funder Burford Capital has taken a hit from Covid as profits tumbled in the first half of 2020. Burford Capital...
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CommATE Admin
- Sep 15, 2020
- 2 min
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION FUNDING INDUSTRY LEADERS LAUNCH FIRST-EVER GLOBAL ASSOCIATION
“The commercial legal finance industry is one of the fastest growing finance sectors in the world. The launch of this association is a...
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CommATE Admin
- Sep 9, 2020
- 3 min
Noel Edmond's threatened with legal action by Legal Protection Group Ltd
A Sunday newspaper claims Noel Edmonds has fled the UK to avoid paying back a £1million debt to Legal Protection Group. Legal Protection...
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CommATE Admin
- Sep 1, 2020
- 2 min
Litigation Funder Therium hands out £400,000 in grants to justice charities
Therium Access, the not-for-profit arm of litigation funder Therium, has handed out another £400,000 in grants to access to justice...
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CommATE Admin
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Burford Funding divorce case setback as Dubai Court rules £343m superyacht cannot be seized
The wife in Britain's biggest ever divorce case may NEVER get her hands on Russian oligarch ex's £343million superyacht awarded to her by...
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