Graham HuntleyGraham Huntley
Graham Huntley
Graham Huntley is a commercial litigator. Graham was formerly Head of Investment Banking and Funds Litigation at Hogan Lovells and now is a partner of Signature Litigation
  • Home
  • About
    • Graham Huntley
    • Signature Litigation
  • Services
    • Services
    • Arbitration
    • Banking Litigation
    • Civil Fraud & Asset Recovery
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Contentious Regulatory
    • Litigation
    • Mediation
    • Professional Negligence
  • Clients
  • Values
    • Values
    • Capital Cases Charitable Trust
    • London Legal Support Trust
    • London Solicitors Litigation Association
    • Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau
  • News
  • Contact
Menu back  

Litigation focus | Broader funding opportunities: introducing damages-based agreements

September 11, 2012

Solicitors Journal | 11 September 2012

Graham Huntley discusses the potential impact of damages-based agreements as we approach their roll out across all types of civil litigation.

Dramatic shifts in the funding of litigation are due when the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) comes into force in April next year.

Damages-based agreements (DBAs) are the Jackson equivalent of contingency fees and to date they are only permitted in employment matters. In April they become available in all types of civil litigation. It is open to question whether the latest recommendations of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) address the right issues with regards to DBAs.

The main policy consideration behind the extension was to compensate personal injury claimant lawyers for the loss of the recovery of CFA additional liabilities. A broader aim was to offer a wider choice of funding options to claimants.

The DBA regulations 2010 firmly established the principle of a maximum percentage of recovered damages that would be paid to a lawyer. The mandatory requirement in employment tribunal cases, that no more than 35 per cent may be recovered (non-compliance with which would render the DBA unenforceable) seems not to have troubled anyone in theory.

Read the full article here.

Related posts
Equity rules can help foreign law understanding
October 15, 2012
Pair of Hogan Lovells partners to launch litigation boutique
March 20, 2012
Bloggers beware!
March 9, 2012
Cold comfort
March 4, 2012
Leave Comment

Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

clear formSubmit

Latest posts
  • Graham Huntley and Signature Litigation ranked in Chambers UK 2021 Guide
    October 22, 2020
  • Signature Litigation contributes to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on Force Majeure
    June 29, 2020
  • Signature Litigation ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 Guide
    April 15, 2020
  • Signature Litigation listed in the top 20 specialist firms for client service
    April 7, 2020
  • Signature Litigation featured in Legal Business’s “Disputes Yearbook 2020”
    March 27, 2020
  • Graham Huntley highly ranked in Chambers UK 2020
    October 10, 2019
Tweets by @Huntley_Graham
Get in touch

Signature Litigation LLP
138 Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1BT

 +44 (0)20 3818 3500
 +44 (0)20 3818 3501

 info@signaturelitigation.com

Signature Litigation

LATEST HEADLINES
  • Graham Huntley and Signature Litigation ranked in Chambers UK 2021 Guide
    October 22, 2020
  • Signature Litigation contributes to The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide on Force Majeure
    June 29, 2020
  • Signature Litigation ranked in The Legal 500 EMEA 2020 Guide
    April 15, 2020
© Graham Huntley 2016