For seven hundred years the common law courts set their faces against strangers to a case financially supporting its litigation
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A new model for group litigation
This summer has seen the conclusion of a number of group actions, including the RBS Rights Issue litigation and the
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An interesting and potentially lucrative area of work for practitioners in the field of consumer rights can be found in competition
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One of the few intangible benefits of the Credit Crunch and subsequent recession, was to make the banking profession more
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The working year has begun. On the horizon are more reforms to the law and practice of costs, including the
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The title of this post reflects the Latin maxim “Let justice be done though the heavens fall”, a principle formulated
Continue readingConditional Fee Agreements and capital
A key problem in obtaining effective justice in litigation is the inequality of arms which will often exist between a well
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