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Written Question
Civil Proceedings: Third Party Financing
Wednesday 3rd April 2024

Asked by: Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement on 4 March of the establishment of an inquiry into third party litigation funding, when they expect to announce the terms of reference, the members of the inquiry panel and the timing of the review.

Answered by Lord Bellamy

The Lord Chancellor has invited the Civil Justice Council, the body responsible for overseeing and co-ordinating the modernisation of the civil justice system, to undertake a review of third-party litigation funding in England and Wales. The CJC has agreed to undertake the review and will be announcing terms of reference and other information shortly.

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