Earlier this month FinLegal, in association with litigation support services provider Sky Discovery, ran a webinar on the current state of the UK class action marketplace. The speakers concluded that, while it is theoretically possible to run a class action without technology or funding, it won’t be a viable option for much longer.

With the growth of class actions across the world, what are the largest ones to date?

FinLegal speaks to trail-blazer and founder of Pallas Partners, Natasha Harrison about her new firm, plans for growth in the class actions space and the need for lateral thinking when it comes to litigation funding.

David Niven and David O'Brien, both partners at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP describe how they’ve grown and led the way in the rather unique space of professional negligence group actions.

Now the dust has settled on Lloyd -v- Google, FinLegal’s Steve Shinn looks at an important point raised by the judgment: how much does a class action cost per claimant, and when does it become uneconomic to run a case?

There are two types of class action, or legal disputes involving many claimants: opt in, and opt out. What’s the difference and how are they being implemented?

What does the ‘The Directive on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers’ mean for Class Actions in Europe?

David Greene, Senior Partner at Edwin Coe, has been pioneering group actions ‘since the 80s’. He is an original proponent of class actions in the UK and a driver for social change and justice.

Merricks -v- Mastercard has been given the green light, heralding a new age for UK class actions. But if Merricks wins, somebody will have to distribute billions of pounds in damages to tens of millions of people. How is that possible? FinLegal's Steve Shinn has the solution

In our latest blog we’re speaking to a partner who has broad expertise in representing both corporates and consumers in volume claims. Ellie Pinnells, is a partner in the Disputes practice at Fieldfisher and has been leading the way in her team in using technology to drive down costs and secure access to justice in volume and class actions. 

In a recent poll of over 50 commercial litigation lawyers, FinLegal found that half (50%) of the lawyers surveyed apply to between three and five funders for a single case, and nearly half (48%) of them processed more than one application for each separate funder, consuming significant amounts of billable time.  

In this blog we speak to Anthony Maton, Vice Chair and London Managing Partner at Hausfeld.  Hausfeld is one of the leading litigation boutiques across the US & Europe and is regarded as the first firm to bring competition follow-on actions to the English & Welsh Courts.

We will be see more and more mass fraud claims in the English civil courts…

Comparing multiple litigation funders to find the best deal for your dispute has so far been a complex and expensive task.

When it comes to funding litigation, securing a deal that is affordable can be a lengthy and expensive endeavour for law firms.

When it comes to securing litigation finance, the lawyers FINLEGAL.IO has met with in recent months say the process is lengthy and repetitive, with low chance of success.

The team at FINLEGAL.IO has carried out indepth research with litigators over the past year as we developed the first online marketplace for litigation funding.

The arrival of litigation finance in the UK was driven by the disputes boom that followed the 2008 financial crash.