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Tets Ishikawa
OpinionPost Office scandal: Litigation funding is not the villain
Recoverability of costs and exemplary damages might have a role to play in promoting access to justice.
OpinionSupreme Court has set back access to justice
This week's ruling in PACCAR Inc & Ors v Competition Appeal Tribunal & Ors will have unintended consequences.
OpinionCould exemplary damages discourage corporate wrongdoings?
A 'punishment tax' would change attitudes of current and prospective wrong-doers towards litigation risk.
OpinionVoss report is unsatisfyingly hollow and narrow
Before the anti-litigation funding lobby gets too excited, things need to be kept in perspective.
OpinionAn unfair tax on accessing justice
The time has come to consider reintroducing recoverability of premiums and funding costs in commercial litigation cases.
OpinionLitigation funding and marginal gains
Disclosure orders should apply equally to defendants and claimants.
OpinionLitigation funding does not drive families apart
Critics often ignore the fact that funding is really an option of last resort.
OpinionLitigation funders are sensitive to potential conflicts
Most funding agreements are direct with the client, or with the knowledge of the client.