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Clayton Utz | Australia | 19 Jun 2020
Contingency fees now available for class actions in the Victorian Supreme Court, so expect more class actions
Plaintiff lawyers will be allowed to charge contingency fees in class actions commenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria and for those fees to be…
DAC Beachcroft | European Union, United Kingdom | 4 Apr 2019
A blow for claimants? Success fees no longer recoverable in defamation and privacy claims
The Government’s long awaited changes to the funding of defamation and privacy claims are coming into effect on 6 April 2019. Claimants will no…
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 3 Apr 2019
Ontario Superior Court Approves Funding Agreement for Tim Hortons Franchisees
In JB & M Walker Ltd. v. TDL Group, Justice Morgan approved a litigation funding agreement between Galactic TH Litigation Funders LC and the…
VISCHER AG | Switzerland, United Kingdom | 12 Feb 2019
Costs
This blog series provides litigators and corporate counsel from other jurisdictions with a practical understanding of the mechanics, advantages, and…
EffortlessLegal | Global, United Kingdom, USA | 18 Dec 2018
Billing Automation Boosts Realization & Collection Rates
Cost control has been a hot topic in the legal sector at least since the financial crisis of 2008. The economic downturn led many clients to look more…
McCarthy Tétrault LLP | Canada | 22 Nov 2018
Lobbyists Will Soon be Required to Register in Every Province — Including PEI
Prince Edward Island is currently the only Canadian province without provincial lobbyist registration requirements. But that is about to change. Last…
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP | United Kingdom | 21 Jun 2018
CFA can include claims against parties not named in the agreement
The Court of Appeal has held that a conditional fee agreement (CFA) that referred to a claim against a named defendant also applied to related claims…
4 New Square Chambers | United Kingdom | 28 Mar 2018
Riaz v Ashwood
The latest decision in a cluster of applications by clients seeking disclosure of their former solicitors’ file. Hat-tip to my colleague Paul Parker…
Duane Morris LLP | USA | 2 Feb 2018
Contingency Fees and Commercial Litigation Hit the Cannabis Space
As the values of transactions in the cannabis industry grow, commercial litigation is certain to follow. One reason for this is that lawyers may be…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 7 Dec 2017
Supreme Court of Canada Bulletin - December 7, 2017
Ms. Hodge was injured in a motor vehicle accident and retained the law firm Neinstein & Associates to represent her. The contingency fee agreement…
