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Sustaining Access to Justice: New Avenues for Costs and Funding

Author: Xandra Kramer; Masood Ahmed; Adriani Dori; María Carlota Ucín
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509981632

Published In: December 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781509981670

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This book explores the complex landscape of costs and funding of civil justice.

Access to civil justice continues to be undermined by State retrenchment of legal aid budgets, increases in procedural costs, the complexity of court procedures, and severe delays in the dispensation of justice. This has resulted in a shift from public to private funding of civil litigation, and the emergence of new business models and forms of private justice.

The book explores the dynamic landscape of legal costs and financing from 3 perspectives: regulatory frameworks in public and private funding; new trends and challenges in contemporary legal financing; and the transformative potential of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and online dispute resolution (ODR) procedures to streamline civil justice processes and expand access to justice.

By addressing the intersectionality of legal, economic, political, market and social dynamics, the book helps readers gain a better understanding of the inherent complexity of costs, funding, and their implications for access to justice.

This timely resource offers academics, policymakers, and practitioners valuable insights into the dynamics that shape the current state and future prospects of civil justice in Europe to help create sustainable pathways for improved access to justice.

Introduction

1. Costs and Funding: The Quest for Access to Justice

Xandra Kramer (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), Masood Ahmed (University of Leicester, UK), Adriani Dori (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands), and Maria Carlota Ucin (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Part I: Public and Private Funding of Civil Justice – Regulatory Perspectives

2. Third-Party Funding as a Vehicle for Access to Justice: A Sustainable Avenue or a Dead End?

Alan Uzelac (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

3. The Regulation of Litigation Funding in Europe: An Application of Principal-Agent Theory

Adrian Cordina (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)

4. Trends in Funding of Collective Litigation

Maria José Azar-Baud (Paris-Saclay University, France)

5. Justice for a Price: Funders, Fees, and the Representative Actions Directive

Eduardo Silva de Freitas (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Part II: New Trends and Challenges in Contemporary Legal Finance

6. The Private Funding of Litigation: The Case of Crowdfunding in England and Wales

Rachael Mulheron KC (Hon) (Queen Mary University of London/Competition Appeal Tribunal)

7. The German Litigation Funding Market's Black Swan Event: Take-Aways from a New World of Litigation Funding and Legal Services Provision

David Markworth (University of Cologne, Germany)

8. Dispute Funding in Sweden – Old System and New Trends

Eva Storskrubb (Uppsala University, Sweden)

9. Wet and Dry Under One Umbrella: The Interplay Between Funding Opportunities and Litigation Strategies in the Dutch Collective Actions Field

Jos Hoevenaars (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands)

10. ESG and Litigation Funding – Tied at the Hip? A Practitioners View

Thomas Kohlmeier (Nivalion, Senior Advisory Partner Germany) and Marcel Wegmüller (Nivalion, CEO)

11. No Such Thing as a Free… Lawsuit? Some Thoughts on Public Interest Litigation and Lessons from the United States

Magdalena Tulibacka (Emory University School of Law, USA)

12. The Uses and Abuses of Disclosure of Litigation Finance in US Law

Anthony Sebok (Cardozo School of Law, USA)

Part III: Beyond Litigation: Cost-Effective Strategies for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Online Dispute Resolution

13. ADR, Mandatory Consumer Mediation and the Impact on Civil Litigation

Stefaan Voet (KU Leuven, Belgium)

14. Fostering ADR Without the Stick of High Litigation Costs: The Cases of Italian and Turkish ADR Reforms

Fatma Arslan (University of Warwick, UK)

15. Revisiting 'Mandatory Mediation: An Oxymoron?: Advancing Access to Civil Justice through Mandatory ADR

Dorcas Quek Anderson (Singapore Management University)

16. The Promising Potential of Online Mediation to Reduce Financial Barriers to Access Justice: A Case Study into Online Mediation in the Netherlands

Emma van Gelder (Utrecht University, Netherlands)

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