Civil Justice Council publishes interim report and consultation on litigation funding
The Litigation Funding Working Group of the Civil Justice Council (CJC), which is co-chaired by Dr John Sorabji and Mr Justice Simon Picken, has today published its interim report and consultation.
The Working Group is not making any recommendations at this stage.
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, Head of Civil Justice and Chair of the CJC, said: “I welcome the publication of the CJC’s interim report and consultation on litigation funding. Litigation funding plays an important role in ensuring access to justice. I am grateful to co-chairs Dr John Sorabji and Mr Justice Simon Picken, and their working group for this report. I encourage all interested parties to read the report and respond to the consultation, which will run until Friday 31 January 2025. I look forward to the publication of the Working Group’s final report in summer 2025.
“It is a busy and exciting time for the CJC, which is also conducting a review of the Solicitors Act 1974, through a working group chaired by Mr Justice Adam Johnson. The CJC understands that there will be areas of overlap between the work of that group and the Litigation Funding Group. It will create valuable consistency and coherence for the Solicitors Act Working Group to be able to take account of the responses to this Consultation by the Litigation Funding Group as they take forward their work in the new year.”
The consultation will close on Friday 31 January 2025 at 23:59.
The full list of consultation questions and cover sheet are available below.
Consultees do not need to answer all questions if only some are of interest or relevance.
Answers should be submitted by PDF or word document to CJCLitigationFundingReview@judiciary.uk. If you have any questions about the consultation or submission process, please contact CJC@judiciary.uk.
Please name your submission as follows: ‘name/organisation – CJC Review of Litigation Funding’
Respondents must complete and submit the cover sheet with their response.