Litigation Funding Handbook

Author: Rocco Pirozzolo
Publisher: Law Society Publishing
ISBN: 9781853289279
Published In: September 2014
Format: Paperback , 320 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

List Price: HKD 910.00

HKD 882.70 Save HKD 27.30 (3%)

Not Available

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents
Author

Details

The radical overhaul to costs and funding introduced by the Jackson reforms in April 2013 has impacted all litigators. Litigation Funding Handbook is a comprehensive guide to these extensive changes and examines the various types of funding agreements available, explains their format and use, and looks at the advantages and disadvantages of each.

This practical handbook includes:

the introduction of damages-based agreements (DBAs)
changes to Part 36 (offers to settle) to encourage early settlement
costs budgeting and management
the introduction of 'qualified one way costs shifting' in PI cases
CFAs as well as ATE and BTE insurance
third party funding arrangements.

Written by leading experts, Litigation Funding Handbook takes an in-depth and authoritative look at some of the most fundamental and far-reaching changes to funding and costs management. The handbook's expert authors set out the issues practitioners need to consider, anticipate how the Courts will deal with the many unresolved issues arising from the reforms and set out solutions. This user friendly guide also includes useful litigation funding tables and model DBAs for both solicitors and barristers. Essential reading for everyone involved in civil litigation in the new post-Jackson world.

1. Qualified one-way costs shifting
2. Changes to Part 36 and proportionality
3. Costs budgeting and management
4. Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs)
5. Damages Based Agreements (DBAs)
6. ATE Insurance
7. BTE Insurance
8. Third Party Funding
9. The Solicitors Code of Conduct and advice on funding
10. The Bar
11. Appendices.

Rocco Pirozzolo is a solicitor and the legal expenses underwriting manager at QBE, a global insurer and re-insurer. He is a member of the Civil Justice Council Panel of Experts and sits on the Working Party to implement the Jackson reforms as well as the Working Party on Third Party Funding. He is the chair of the Association for British Insurers' Legal Expenses Committee, speaks at many conferences on costs and writes for the Law Society's Litigation Funding magazine.

Contributors: Lesley Attu; Greg Cox; Simon Davenport QC; Mark Humphries; Alistair Kinley; David Marshall and Rachel Mulheron