Leading international law firm, Eversheds Sutherland, has appointed Balance Legal Capital to its litigation funding panel, following a selection process led by Paul Worth, Evershed’s Litigation Practice Group Head.

Balance Legal Capital is pleased to announce its continuing expansion, with the appointment of former Freshfields managing partner/head of disputes and One Essex Court mediator, Ian Terry, to its Investment Committee.

Balance Legal Capital’s Simon Burnett wrote a piece for International Corporate Rescue last month. The article discusses the use of decision trees in litigation analysis.

Flattering account of the Balance Legal Capital event at the House of Lords last night by Edward Fennell in The Times this morning (1 December 2016).

The recent case of Essar v Norscot has clarified that an arbitrator’s general power to award costs includes the power to award the costs of third party funding. In so doing, has arbitration gained an unexpected advantage over litigation for claimants that require third party funding?

In this part 3 of our series on "Litigation Superforecasting", we discuss the habits of thought honed by Tetlock's superforecasters, and apply them to litigation and arbitration.