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DM 147/2022: changes to the settlement of lawyers’ fees
The publication in the Gazette of Ministerial Decree No. 147 of 13 August 2022 introduces important changes concerning the payment of fees to legal professionals. In this section, we will look at lawyers' fees. To guide calculation of the percentages, the decree...
THE CARTABIA REFORM OF CIVIL PROCEEDINGS: DESCRIPTION AND LEVEL OF PROGRESS
Author: Dr. Eleonora Ebau, Research Fellow at the Department of Law, UniTo. With Law No. 206 of 2021, the Parliament, on the one hand, delegated the Government to reform civil proceedings, dictating specific principles and guiding criteria, and, on the other hand,...
Litigation funding in Italy: justice for companies
For a while now in Italy, we have been hearing about litigation funding. It is a relatively recent concept in Italy that allows companies and citizens to have fair access to justice systems, thanks to the investment of a third party. How exactly does it work? Let's...
THE BRITISH NON-PROFIT LITIGATION FUNDING MODEL: LEXCAPITAL, PIONEER ON THE ITALIAN MARKET?
Author: Dr Eleonora Ebau, Research Fellow at the Department of Law, UniTo. In March 2020, in the United Kingdom, a number of organisations specialising in legal advice and other funders created the Community Justice Fund, aimed at supporting communities hit by the...
ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIMS IN INSOLVENCY PROCEDURES
Author: Dr. Francesca Bichiri, Research Fellow at the Department of Law, UniTo. Insolvency procedures are arousing increasingly more interest among third party litigation funding companies. It is, no doubt, a particularly appealing area of business for foreign...





