Director of Legal Finance at Harbour. Here for litigation funding and law firm finance news. All views my own.
London SW1Y 4BE
Joined July 2019
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Are you doing the @londonlegal #legalwalk today? Do you want £1,000 to add to your fundraising total? @HarbourLF is sponsoring a photo competition on LinkedIn - details in the link. Photos including pets and fancy dress positively encouraged! linkedin.com/posts/mauricema…
Well said Mr Bates
Litigation funders didn’t ‘exploit’ subpostmasters, they helped us. Those who attack them have corporate interests at heart
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Tea time in Day 2 of @HarbourLF ‘s #greatlegalbake supporting @londonlegal Come and visit and help us eat all these goodies - we’re only a small team! (But will be almost entirely spherical by Friday). Funds raised to support law centres londonlegalsupporttrust.org.…
Day 1 of @HarbourLF ‘s #greatlegalbake in support of @londonlegal Some good early contenders for star baker but we wait to see what showstopper offerings emerge as the week goes on!
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A great advert for mediation - try and find the common ground rather than rushing to litigation!
Why do the wealthy escalate disputes beyond comprehension? ft.com/content/2b4acd94-6395…
Climate change litigation is on the rise, but claimants need support to hold carbon emitters and polluters to account. Read this excellent excellent investigation by @CamillaHodgson of the @FT
The money behind the coming wave of climate litigation ft.com/content/055ef9f4-5fb7…
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Do you want an extra £1,000 from us towards your group's fundraising total for the London #LegalWalk next Tuesday? Take part in the @londonlegal photo competition - tag Harbour in yr photos from the walk & publish to LinkedIn. Please spread the word!
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A few thoughts I put together on how litigation funding is evolving - thanks to @BLaw for asking! news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law… #lawfirms #litigation
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Many law firm partners are looking to set up their own firm despite economic climate, according to survey commissioned by litigation funder Harbour:
lawgazette.co.uk/news/partne…
Good news for solicitors - judgment in CAM v Belsner handed down. Pre-signing a retainer a firm negotiates in its own interests, and does not require informed consent from prospective client on terms where it might charge more in fees than is recovered. BUT…1/2
2/2 sols must comply with professional duties (which are not the same as fiduciary duties to client), and should not assume clients accept a regime where they are charged more in fees than damages recovered. judiciary.uk/wp-content/upl…
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@thelegal500 has published their inaugural list of top #litigationfinance franchises in the United Kingdom with @BurfordCapital @HarbourLF and #Therium filling out the top of the table.
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Nice piece in @lawsocgazette on our credit facility with @MorganSportsLaw. Firms can use facilities to fund their growth, and repay them with proceeds from contingent revenue like CFA/DBA success fees. lawgazette.co.uk/news/funder…
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.@MorganSportsLaw and @HarbourLF are to offer professional footballers a £2 million funding scheme which “takes the risk out of pursuing claims before the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber and the Court of Arbitration for Sport”. #football #legal #law
globalfootballlegal.com/post…
New research from Harbour - law firms looking to external finance to fuel growth including IPOs or credit facilities from third party funders:
Exclusive: Third of law firms consider going public in search of funds for expansion cityam.com/exclusive-third-o…
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Richard Leedham sets out how @Mishcon_de_Reya has had to modernise its approach to data to better measure ROI - such as employing data scientists and project managers to handle complex cases #ComLit21
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"Damages-based agreements (DBAs): the future of funding litigation, or still a high-stakes gamble?": @HarbourLF sponsors session 4 at #ComLit21, discussing if DBAs will feature more prominently in the future of funding litigation, & how they might benefit law firm profits.