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20 May 2012, 9:20 pm by Simon Gibbs
Light hearted satire and a comprehensive history of maintenance and champerty. [read post]
9 May 2012, 8:16 am
Putting aside the concerns about champerty and maintenance, I wonder whether defense counsel are doing enough to work on this issue in trials. [read post]
9 May 2012, 8:16 am
Putting aside the concerns about champerty and maintenance, I wonder whether defense counsel are doing enough to work on this issue in trials. [read post]
8 May 2012, 12:02 pm by Schachtman
Putting aside the concerns about champerty and maintenance, I wonder whether defense counsel are doing enough to work on this issue in trials. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 7:15 am
In the ensuing proceedings the court had to consider (i) the duty of disclosure in the Norwich Pharmacal regime; (ii) whether the agreements between Golden Eye and the other claimants were champertous [says Merpel, champerty occurs where a third party involves itself in litigation and gets a cut of the winnings -- an attractive business model?] [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 7:58 pm by Peter Vodola
. * * * The public policy against assignment of these types of actions has been explained as a desire to avoiding champerty, that is, speculation or profiteering in litigation by individuals who otherwise have no interest in the subject matter of the underlying claim. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 11:16 am
Although FIA is allegedly a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America (according to the affidavit submitted by the bank), the plaintiff CACH never explained how the bank's subsidiary, FIA, acquired the right, title and interest to convey defendant's alleged debt to CACH. 8) Different account numbers appeared on the statement, bank's affidavit and the complaint. 9) The plaintiff did not allege or prove that the defendant was given notice of the assignment. 10) The plainitff did not… [read post]
20 Feb 2012, 3:09 am by Walter Olson
” [Daily Mail] Tags: champerty, chasing clients, United Kingdom Related posts U.K.: “Injury claim referral fees to be banned” (0) U.K.: “Hair salons offered a cut of solicitors’ fees” (3) U.K. roundup (0) U.K. auto insurance rates soar (0) Tasteful lawyer-ad Hall of Fame (1) [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 2:21 am by Peter Vodola
An assignment to a debt collector, of a consumer debt claim, did not violate the doctrine of champerty, a New York appellate court panel ruled last month. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 3:28 am by Peter Bert
German law was not burdened by the equivalent of the common law doctrines of champerty and maintenance (see Lisa Bench Niewveld’s post at Kluwer Arbitration for more background), and no contractual obstacles had to be overcome to offer litigation funding. [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 10:05 am by Kyle Graham
 Unless, that is, Jennifer Aniston finally gets around to filing an alienation of affections lawsuit against Angelina Jolie, some celebrity gets sued for champerty, or Donald Trump finds himself on the receiving end of an ancient lights claim.) [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 6:42 am by Peter Vodola
"  The white paper also says that some of the 21 states that do now allow champerty have recently reaffirmed long-standing doctrines. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 5:11 am by Gyi Tsakalakis
They also raise issues related to Usury, Champerty and maintenance,  and Unconscionability. [read post]
15 Nov 2011, 2:02 am by Peter Vodola
  The assignee's claim fails because, under North Carolina law, personal injury claims are non-assignable, in order to prevent champerty. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 9:54 am by Robert Tanha
 On appeal, the appellant, Werden claimed that the loan agreement was not enforceable by Clark due to the law against champerty and maintenance. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 11:33 am by totmauthor
   See Litigating on a Contingency:  A Monopoly of Champions or a Market for Champerty? [read post]
30 Aug 2011, 3:07 pm by Peter Vodola
After discovery, the defendant moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint under the doctrine of champerty . . . . [read post]