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David Greene on the debate about the future of litigation funding at home & abroad

Litigation funding is a complicated beast. In this week’s NLJ, David Greene, senior partner, Edwin Coe, looks at the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill

The Civil Justice Council has set a deadline of summer 2024 for its interim report into post-PACCAR reforms, with the full report due by summer 2025

Christian Tuddenham & André Nwadikwa consider the boundaries of legal confidentiality & disclosure

The fascinating case of Al Sadeq v Dechert and others [2024] and the boundaries of legal confidentiality and disclosure are covered in this week’s NLJ by Christian Tuddenham, partner, and André Nwadikwa, associate, at Jenner & Block

A Bill to reverse PACCAR has reached the second reading stage in the House of Lords

Litigation funders rejoice as the Lords step in to solve their woes. Dominic Regan serves up the inside story on this, as well as some particularly thrilling judgments

Professor Dominic Regan aka The insider cheers the arrival in the House of Lords of a Bill to reverse the effects of PACCAR, in this week’s NLJ

The government has confirmed it will introduce a law to restore the position that existed before the Supreme Court’s PACCAR ruling last year on litigation funding

Joseph Evans & Simon Heatley talk PACCAR, PlayStation & the Post Office—and what’s further down the road for litigation funding

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Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers welcomes new associate

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ward Hadaway lawyer joins Birmingham Law Society Council

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons expands Chelmsford commercial litigation team with two appointments

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NLJ this week: Same fall, different claim

Construction workers injured in comparable accidents can face sharply different routes to compensation on opposite sides of the Atlantic

NLJ this week: Under pressure? Routes to redress

Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance

NLJ this week: Liberty safeguards under strain

Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn

NLJ this week: When partners lose faith

A formidable reputation cannot protect a law firm when partner departures, fragile finances and client uncertainty begin feeding each other

NLJ this week: The hidden price of free software

Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track

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Litigation funding

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan