CAT claim on behalf of London rail travellers In February 2019 Woodsford announced that it is funding a £100m claim in the UK’s specialist competition court on behalf of millions of passengers who have paid twice for part of their journeys on Southeastern and South Western routes. The claim has been filed [...]

What Impact Does a Litigation Funding Agreement Have on Standing in US Patent Infringement Litigation? Attacking the propriety of a plaintiff’s standing to sue is a common defense strategy in US patent litigation. Indeed, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has created a dense body of law regarding the [...]

Global Portfolio Financing Facility. Our ground-breaking, disbursements-only US$20m global portfolio funding facility with international litigation boutique, Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss was announced in late 2017 and has generated significant press coverage. This portfolio facility covers litigation and arbitration matters in any jurisdictions around the world for which Lewis Baach is prepared to [...]

Litigation Funding for Family Trust.  A family trust whose assets had been significantly reduced through mismanagement found the confidence to pursue justice through Woodsford’s third party litigation funding and ATE Insurance. In 2004 an elderly widow looking to secure assets for her daughter and granddaughter’s future, appointed professional trustees to set up [...]

Commercial Arbitration Funding In a landmark ‘David versus Goliath’ commercial arbitration case, relative minnow Norscot Rig Management was pitted against the much larger Essar Oilfields in a dispute over $12 million in unpaid costs that eventually resulted in a landmark ruling in relation to the recovery of third party litigation funding fees. [...]

CAT claim against car shipping cartel In February 2020, five shipping companies fined by the European Commission (EC) for running a cartel had a £150 million opt-out claim filed against them at the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT). The claim is being funded by Woodsford. The EC found that maritime car carriers fixed [...]