Notwithstanding the relatively short history of conditional fee arrangements (CFAs) and 'after-the-event' insurance (ATE) in commercial litigation, the low take-up of the CFA and ATE combination in commercial litigation looks a little strange. Just 7% of commercial cases are conducted using a CFA, according to the 139 commercial litigators who responded to Legal Week Intelligence's Benchmarker survey, conducted in association with FirstAssist Legal Protection.
January 28, 2009 at 09:35 PM
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Commercial disputes are set to rise, but companies’ ability to fund litigation is set to contract in tandem. Derek Bedlow asks whether insurance-backed conditional fee arrangements will 
become the funding method of choice when money is tight
Notwithstanding the relatively short history of conditional fee arrangements (CFAs) and ‘after-the-event’ insurance (ATE) in commercial litigation, the low take-up of the CFA and ATE combination in commercial litigation looks a little strange.
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