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Litigation Superforecasting Hub

Read our thought leadership on applying Philip Tetlock’s superforecasting techniques to litigation predictions.
July 6, 2017
Costs of Third Party Funding and International Arbitration

Robert Rothkopf speaks about allocation of third party funding costs in international arbitration at ICC YAF Conference in Zurich on 30 June 2017.

February 16, 2017
Balance appointed to Eversheds Sutherland litigation funding panel

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.

January 31, 2017
Litigation grandee Ian Terry joins Investment Committee at Balance Legal Capital

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.

December 7, 2016
Beyond Grey Hair and Gut Instincts: Using Decision Trees to Supplement Analysis in Litigation

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.

December 1, 2016
The King of Litigation

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).

September 29, 2016
A dormant advantage of arbitration emerges: arbitrators have the power to order a losing party to pay claimant’s third party litigation funding costs

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?

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