New Trends in Financing Civil Litigation in Europe

Edited by Mark Tuil and Louis Visscher

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This unique and timely book analyses the problem of financing civil litigation. The expert contributors discuss the legal possibilities and difficulties associated with several instruments – including cost shifting, fee arrangements, legal expense insurance and group litigation.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 9781848446854
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Mark Tuil and Louis Visscher

Ch 2 A Law and Economics Approach to Cost Shifting, Fee Arrangements and Legal Expense Insurance

Louis Visscher and Tom Schepens

Ch 3 No Cure, No Pay and Contingency Fees

Michael Faure, Fokke Fernhout and Niels Philipsen

Ch 4 Financing and Group Litigation

Sonja Keske, Andrea Renda and Roger Van den Bergh

Ch 5 Financing Civil Litigation by the European Insurance Industry

Willem H. van Boom

Ch 6 Financing Civil Litigation: The Case for the Assignment and Securitization of Liability Claims

Andrea Pinna

Ch 7 The Empirical Analysis of Litigation Funding

Paul Fenn and Neil Rickman

Ch 8 Financing Civil Litigation: The US Perspective

Deborah R. Hensler

Ch 9 New Trends in Financing Civil Litigation in Europe: Lessons to be Learned

Mark Tuil and Louis Visscher

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