Litigation Funding at the Crossroads: Reviewing new European and UK approaches to Third Party Funding

Event Details

On Monday, 8 September 2025, The City Law School, City St George's,  University of London will host the public re-launch event of the European Law Institute (ELI) UK Hub, in cooperation with British Institute for International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

The re-launch event will be introduced by the Dean of the City Law School Professor Richard Ashcroft, Master of the Rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos and ELI President Dr Pascal Pichonnaz. Three experts in this field will then review the current position of the third-party litigation funding and attempt to discern the future in this fast changing and important area.

Dame Sara Cockerill (Judge of the High Court of England and Wales) was one of the Reporters on ELI's 2024 Principles of Third-Party Litigation Funding. She will speak about the issues encountered in the project, the genesis of the approach adopted, and lessons learned from the reception of the project by funders and critics of funding Professor Eva Lein (BIICL) will outline and evaluate the March 2025 Mapping Study undertaken by BIICL for the European Commission in order to assist in its decision as to the approach to take to funding, the use which is currently being made of that study, and any early indications of the direction of travel. Professor John Sorabji (UCL) will outline the approach taken by the recent (June 2025) Civil Justice Council Survey of the area, which he co-chaired. He will also explain some of the reasons for the line taken in the Report, and update on the likely future steps.

Pricing and Registration

This event is free to attend but pre-registration is required.

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For more details about the event, please contact events@city.ac.uk