Remissa Hirji and Emilie Maxwell on Funding
Certified: Class Actions in Ontario & Beyond
English - January 27, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBBusiness Society & Culture civil procedure class actions law Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Remissa Hirji, Associate Counsel to the Class Proceedings Committee, and Emilie Maxwell, Investment Manager at Augusta Ventures, discuss litigation funding in class actions. How can litigation funding support access to justice? What is the process and mechanism for securing and maintaining litigation funding? How do funders and lawyers address any ethical pitfalls? This episode looks at an emerging and exciting area that provides a key component to the future of class actions.