PLF Meeting
CLAF : Towards a self-funding scheme for civil litigation?
Thursday 1 October 2009 17:30 to 19:00
Location
British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JPParticipants
The seminar will be chaired by Mr Justice Underhill.
Discussion will be led by Guy Mansfield QC, with a host of commentators, including Professor Mark Mildred, Nottingham Law School and Professor Martin Chalkley, University of Dundee.
A Group led by former Bar Chairman Guy Mansfield QC (and commissioned by the Bar Council's Policy Advisory Group) has recently considered the adoption of a Contingent Legal Aid Fund (CLAF), whereby a pooled fund would be created which would be financed by sums derived from successful civil litigation. The fund would then fund further litigation. This seminar will examine and evaluate the concept, and compare the similar schemes which exist in other commonwealth countries.
This is an invitation only event.
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