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Provisions in Litigation Funding Agreements

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Litigation is a process for settlement of disputes between the parties to a lawsuit, which involves persons, organizations and the State. The matter is heard before a court of law having jurisdiction when brought by the concerned parties or litigants to the lawsuit for the resolution of the dispute. The process of litigation in the adversarial system of dispute resolution is regulated by the rules of civil or criminal procedure. Different constitutional provisions, statutory laws, case laws or precedents, by-laws, and regulations prescribe the procedural laws or rules. However, the procedural laws vary based on the jurisdiction and the court of law.

Litigants might face serious consequences based on laws of limitation, on failure to comply with the procedural laws or rules; e.g., the capacity of a party to the suit to present his claims or defenses at the trial or when a lawsuit is barred by limitation, it can be dismissed by the court of law. There are different stages in a litigation process in the common law jurisdiction, which are as follows:

·         Pleading

·         Discovery

·         Trial

·         Resolution of the dispute

·         Appeal

·         Enforcement

A lawsuit starts with a written complaint or petition filed in the court of law with competent jurisdiction. This process is called pleading. Discovery process in litigation is a pre-trial process, which allows the parties to the lawsuit to obtain evidence from the other party by way of interrogatories, admissions, depositions, and production of documentation. The trial is a process where the evidence produced by the parties to the lawsuit are formally examined in the court of law so that the jury can decide the guilt in a case of civil or criminal litigation. Based on the facts and evidence produced as per the law the dispute is resolved by the court. Once the court pronounces the final judgment, the aggrieved party may go for an appeal to the higher court. In case the party fails to comply with the order of the court in a lawsuit another party must file another suit in the court of competent jurisdiction to seek enforcement of the other court’s previous judgment.