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Published: August 19, 2025

Following the publication of the book “Sustaining Access to Justice: New Avenues for Costs and Funding” in the Civil Justice Systems series of Hart Publishing (see our previous News item), we are organising a launch webinar.

The webinar will take place on 5 September 2025, from 10-12.15 CET.

Program

10.00 Introduction Xandra Kramer, Masood Ahmed, Carlota Ucin, Adriani Dori

10.15 Jacek Garstka (European Commission) – EC perspective on the access to justice and the role of litigation funding

10.25 Maria Jose Azar-Baud – Trends in Funding of Collective Litigation

10.35 Alexandre Biard – Enforcing Consumer Rights: Costs and Funding

10.50 Discussion

11.10 Eduardo Silva de Freitas – Justice for a Price: Funders, Fees and the RAD

11.20 Marcel Wegmüller – ESG and Litigation Funding: A Practitioner’s View

11.35 Adrian Cordina – Regulating Litigation Funding: A Law and Economics View

11.45 Stefaan Voet/Masood Ahmed – Beyond Litigation: Cost-Effective Strategies for ADR and ODR

12.00 Discussion and Conclusion

More information and (free) registration here.