Can mediation be funded - a blog we wrote for The Young Mediators Group in Scotland View Young Mediators website
Our Frances Sim and Cat MacLean, Partner and Head of Dispute Resolution, MBM Commercial presented to the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen on Litigation Funding and Legal Pricing in practice.
Frances discussed the rise of litigation funding in Scotland. This include what it is, how it works and recent case studies. Restitution funded and Cat MacLean acted successfully in the case for property developer Derek Carlyle in a 2015 Supreme Court case against RBS. Together they highlighted how both firms worked together to reach a satisfactory outcome for the client. Cat MacLean covered some of the practical issues around recent guidance from the Law Society on Legal Pricing and litigation funding from a solicitors perspective. This included preparation for applications, litigant agreements, cost, the ranking of success fees and uplifts, ATE and recoverability.
The funding of class actions has come under recent scrutiny in Australia.
Read more here.
Our latest joint article on the introduction of class actions (group proceedings) into Scotland
Read more here.
Restitution are once again delighted to jointly sponsor the WS Society CDR conference on 10 September. It is the leading update for solicitors involved in commercial litigation in Scotland. The Society have yet again invited a superb panel of speakers including Sheila Webster, Partner, DCS Legal; Cat MacLean, Partner, MBM Commercial; Professior Burkhard Schafer, Professor, Computational Legal Theory, University of Edinburgh; Alastair Duncan QC, Axiom Advocates and Laura Irvine, Partner, DCS Legal.
Booking is available here.
Spike in cases will present a huge challenge to the courts with a possible backlog of up to three years
Class actions have been generating interest recently due to several high-profile actions, such as the ongoing emissions case brought against the Volkswagen Group.
Damages Based Agreements (DBAs) can now be offered in Scotland since The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (Success Fee Arrangements) Regulations 2020 came into force on 27 April 2020.
Find out more about litigation funding, what are the benefits and how we consider applications.
Class action against burford dropped, part 36 offers not valid, IT post office IT contractor may face prosecution...read more in our Winter 2020 update.
Trace hosted a LegalTech breakfast where Scotland’s Law Tech community gathered.
Pressure mounts on RBS chief executive to call off a seven year legal battle against a developer.
Litigation funding for property disputes article in Thomson Reuters Property Law 2019
Discover how one funder is making a difference in real people's lives to face off against the many legal Goliaths.
Learn more about Scotland’s only independent litigation funder who recently secured a win for a case that would never have made it to court without funding.
Our commentary on the Dooneen v Mond case which we considered with MBM LLP.
Find out more about Scotland litigation funders and how they can help secure a victory without third party financing.
Article from Scottish Legal News about our new General Counsel – Frances Sim
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