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Civil Justice Council Issues Final Report on Litigation Funding Reform
8 de October de 2025

London, 2 June 2025 – The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has released its Final Report on Litigation Funding, setting out a comprehensive framework for the future regulation of third-party funding in England and Wales.1 The recommendations aim to promote access to justice while ensuring proportionate, “light-touch” oversight of the litigation finance industry. Legislative Response to PACCAR The CJC’s principal recommendation concerns the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision in R (PACCAR) v Competition Appeal Tribunal, which held that certain litigation funding agreements (LFAs) constituted damages-based agreements (DBAs). The report concludes that this interpretation undermines legal certainty and should be reversed by legislation.…

Guido Demarco interviewed in Leaders League
29 de April de 2024

“Guido Demarco, head of legal assets at Stonward, talks to Leaders League about the most recent trends in the litigation funding market, the legal strategy employed in the investment decision-making process and the advantages Stonward enjoys as a litigation funding company with profound knowledge of the complex Spanish legal framework.”   Spain stands out as a promising hub in the litigation funding industry The consolidation of global litigation funding market has heightened the demand for specialist funders. Guido Demarco, head of legal assets at Stonward, talks to Leaders League about the most recent trends in the litigation funding market, the…

Demarco for Leader’s League: “Litigation funding can help balance the scales of justice”
30 de May de 2022

Our Director and head of legal assets, Guido Demarco, explains in this Q&A for Leader’s League the sector’s growth and dispels some of the misconceptions surrounding it. Trends and innovations, “best friend” relationships between law firms and litigation finance firms, how can companies use litigation financing as a tool to help manage cash flows, and what should law firms know about the practice are some of the subject matters explained by Demarco. “We expect that 2022 will bring more regulatory developments, and although stakeholders usually welcome regulation to bring clear rules and transparency into the equation, there are concerns that…

Carolina Bayo writes for the newspaper Expansión about the new ICC regulation
3 de February de 2021

The economic newspaper Expansión publishes our Senior Director’s opinion on the new ICC Regulation that just entered into force. Carolina Bayo explains that one of the most significant changes in the new Regulation with respect to its 2017 version, which will continue to apply to cases filed before January 1, 2021, is that it includes an expected specific provision on funders and a necessary obligation for the parties: to inform about the existence of third-party funding. The obligation does not specify that the terms of the funding agreement must be disclosed. In Carolina’s opinion, the solution established by the ICC…