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Former PwC Australia Partners Prepare Class Action Against the Firm

Partners who left after tax scandal are joining the class action.
2 minute read

International Edition

ESG and Class Actions to Fuel Disputes Work in 2024, Baker McKenzie Survey Finds

The firm's seventh annual Global Disputes Forecast is based on 600 senior legal and risk leaders from large organizations in the U.K., U.S., Singapore and Brazil.
3 minute read

International Edition

Contempt of Court Conviction for Spanish Arbitrator Who Awarded $15 Billion to Sultan's Heirs

A criminal court in Madrid ruled that the arbitrator in an international contract dispute between Malaysia and descendants of the last Sultan of Sulu disobeyed orders from the court to end the proceedings before he issued a final award.
4 minute read

International Edition

UK Justice Secretary Vows Legislation to Protect Litigation Funding

The proposed legislation could bypass a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that litigation funding agreements were unenforceable in competition cases.
3 minute read

International Edition

The UK Supreme Court Got it Right by Reining in Litigation Speculators

The typical litigation funder justification that they promote "access to justice" has been shown to be hollow time and again, writes a former UK MP.
5 minute read

International Edition

Close, But No Cigar: Key Barriers to Judgment and Award Enforcement

Increasingly we are seeing an increase in recovery activity against judgment debtors that are choosing not to pay, as opposed to those who simply don't have the money, says Burford Capital's London head.
6 minute read

International Edition

UK Government Moves to Allow Damages-Based Agreements in Opt-Out Competition Collective Actions

The move comes after the Supreme Court's verdict in July regarding the £2 billion trucks cartel claim.
3 minute read

International Edition

Litigation Funder Eyes Opportunities in the Middle East

Burford Capital believes the UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are well placed to need more of its financing options.
6 minute read

International Edition

Burford's Journey From a Hobby to Securing a Multi-Billion-Dollar Win

The litigation financer that started out as a side-project to help a lawyer friend has turned into a multi-billion-dollar investment house which recently won a huge award.
6 minute read

International Edition

US Judge Says Argentina Owes $16B in Case Financed by Litigation Funder Burford Capital

Burford Capital stands to collect more than $5 billion after backing a moonshot case for investors burned by Argentina's nationalization of oil company YPF.
3 minute read

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