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2020, the year of the litigation funder—the globalisation of litigation funding

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Published on: 18 December 2020

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Table of contents

What is ILFA and what does it do?
How do funders become a part of it?
What areas of the market are we seeing greater moves for standardisation in and how is this helping the market generally?
What are your predictions for this area for 2021?

Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: In the third and final part of our end of year series, David Gallagher, director of Litigation Funding at Harbour Litigation Funding, discusses the globalisation of litigation funding including the role of the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA), how funders become a member, standardisation and predictions for 2021.

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