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09 September 2020
Issue: 7901 / Categories: Legal News , Litigation funding , Profession
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NLJ this week: Does the Arkin cap still fit?

Litigation funding is on the rise, providing financing solutions to increasing numbers of claimants

Writing in NLJ this week, Georgina Squire, partner at Rosling King, charts the development of the Arkin cap (where the funded party is unsuccessful, the funder’s liability for costs is restricted to the amount funded).

Given recent case law, does the cap still exist? The judicial approach to litigation funding has evolved as the funding industry itself has grown and changed.

Squire also notes the arrival of start-up companies in the litigating funding industry, which have expanded the bandwidth of funded claims to include lower value as well as large value litigation.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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