Litigation Funding news
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NewsUse costs to clamp down on 'AI slop', urges former lord chancellor
Sir Robert Buckland KC tells conference that artificial intelligence has spawned a ‘profound change in the economics of litigation’, at the expense of the justice system.
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NewsSociety quietly abandons minimum trainee pay benchmark
Employers advised to pay aspiring solicitors doing qualifying work experience no less than real living wage.
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News'This isn't over': Lawyers say secret commissions fight will continue
Ruling established that Part 18 requests cannot be used to force firms to reveal commissions.
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NewsCourt cannot force secret commission disclosure, appeal judges rule
Court of Appeal says refusing to disclose commissions is ‘unwise’ but blocks option of legal challenge.
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NewsMPs call for independent body to run compensation schemes
Public accounts committee tells government to listen to victims who found claim process distressing or retraumatising.
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NewsDefendants unsuccessful in medical fees battle now hit for costs
All sides challenging medical fees decision in Court of Appeal next year.
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NewsLegal aid firms take financial hit over 10p mileage discrepancy
HMRC increased mileage rate to 55p for first 10,000 business miles but Legal Aid Agency's allowance remains 45p.
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NewsWoodville owes £300 million. It has £255,000
Directors have 'yet to answer basic questions on the use of investor funds', administrators’ statement of proposals reveals
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NewsParliament offered chance to bring forward litigation funding regulation
Peers can debate involvement of Financial Conduct Authority as part of bill debates.
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NewsIn depth: Inside the Woodville scandal
The collapse of an obscure litigation funder has sent shockwaves through the UK’s legal and financial sectors, exposing investors to ‘life-changing’ losses through unregulated loan notes.
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NewsMoJ evaluation reveals legal aid training grant success
Government-funded grant deemed 'effective intervention' to bolster housing legal aid workforce.
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NewsNo date yet for PACCAR legislation
Government accused of breaking a 2024 promise to introduce a bill to reverse unintended effects of Supreme Court ruling.
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NewsMoJ reveals £1.5m cashpot to fund criminal bar pupillages
Ministry of Justice will invest money to widen access to 'prestigious' profession.
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NewsFirm vows to scrap billable fee model and charge based on output
Managing partner says clients do not care how long it takes to get a piece of work done.
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News'Women will suffer' in criminal bar sustainability plan
Barristers say proposed fee reforms will benefit men more and drive lawyers out of doing rape and serious sexual offences work.
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NewsIndemnity costs should follow council's compulsory purchase defeat, rules tribunal
Judge awards indemnity costs without considering dispute over litigation conduct.
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NewsRape support charity awarded £8.7m to continue helpline
Ministry of Justice says funding reflects government's commitment to tackle horrendous crimes and support victims.
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News‘No reliable estimate’ can be made of collapsed funder’s portfolio
Administrators investigating allegations that Woodville used money raised to meet promises to previous investors.
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NewsPrince Harry claim: Daily Mail statement in full
Case ’raises disturbing questions about the conduct of elements of the legal profession’.
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NewsPrince Harry claimants face £34m costs bill and ordered to pay £9.5m on account
Defendants’ costs in the case were ‘striking’ - but the conduct in pursuing the claim against the Daily Mail went ‘well outside the norm’.