Lawyers have been asked for their views on third party funding for the next stage of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) review
The CJC working group, set up following the Supreme Court’s PACCAR decision in 2023, which found certain third-party funding agreements to be invalid, is co-chaired by Dr John Sorabji and Mr Justice Simon Picken. It published an interim report last week but has not yet made any recommendations.
The CJC is also conducting a review of the Solicitors Act 1974. Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, said: ‘The CJC understands that there will be areas of overlap between the work of that group and the litigation funding group.’
The litigation funding consultation ends on 31 January 2025, and a full report will be published in summer 2025.
