Where is the discipline to control legal costs in business litigation? An innovation in the UK may usher it in.
Radical Addleshaws venture to offer ‘cost-free’ litigation (legalweek.com, 22 May 2008) reports that
“Addleshaw Goddard is rolling out a groundbreaking funding package for disputes… [the firm will] assess all new and existing litigation cases to see if they can be carried out using a method of external funding. The scheme, called ‘Contro