In an article published by The Times, Therium CIO Neil Purslow has set the record straight on Therium’s fee in the Post Office case and put forward his proposal on how the new litigation funding bill announced by Alex Chalk can help to improve access to justice and compensation for claimants.
In the piece, Neil explains that Therium’s fee was broadly similar to the total of the legal costs, insurance premiums and expert fees that the Post Office forced the sub-postmasters to incur in their quest for justice. Putting defendants on the hook for funding costs would improve access to justice and compensation for claimants and discourage defendants like the Post Office from pursuing egregious litigation tactics that drive up costs and make cases uneconomic to fund.
Read the full article here.
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