We have set out below a list of the types of cases which we believe are most likely to attract one or all forms of litigation funding.

• Professional negligence claims

• Insolvency claims

• Multi party claims

• Shareholder class actions

• Competition actions

• High value commercial disputes

• Loss of investment claims

• Recovery of bad debts

• Wrongful or fraudulent trading

• Preferences or transactions at an undervalue

• Director breaches of fiduciary duty

All forms of litigation funding are contingent on success. However, that does not necessarily mean the success of the whole case. It is possible to use litigation funding for discrete parts of cases, for instance:

• summary judgement applications

• enforcement proceedings

• applications for pre-action disclosure or specific disclosure

• trial of a preliminary issue

• a mediation or other form of ADR

These lists are not exhaustive, but merely illustrative.