Gian Marco Solas, Third Party Funding: Law, Economics and Policy, Cambridge University Press, 2019, xvi+348 pp, hb £72.85. The concept of third party funding (TPF), or litigation financing by a party unrelated to the dispute in return for a fee payable from the proceeds awarded, has received much attention over the last decade. TPF’s legality, pros and cons, as well as the appropriate extent of regulation has been widely discussed and debated. For example, in 2016, the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong published a report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration. The report’s recommendations were implemented through the adoption of the Arbitration and Mediation Legislation (Third Party Funding) (Amendment) Ordinance 2017. The book under review, Gian Marco Solas’ Third Party Funding: Law, Economics and Policy, makes a significant contribution to the existing research on this topic through a unique comparative and interdisciplinary approach …
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Ashfaquzzaman Chowdhury, Gian Marco Solas, Third Party Funding: Law, Economics and Policy, Cambridge University Press, 2019, xvi+348 pp, hb £72.85, Modern Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12597. First published: 13 November 2020.
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