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All or nothing: Only a handful of DBAs entered into as confusion reigns over hybrid model

All or nothing: Only a handful of DBAs entered into as confusion reigns over hybrid model
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Sarah Downey
21 June 2013
Legal affairsLitigation funding

‘It’s an extraordinary thing – hundreds of lawyers should have entered into Damages-Based Agreements (DBAs) by now.’

So says Leslie Perrin, former managing partner and senior partner of Osborne Clarke who is now chairman of litigation funding group Calnius Capital, with around £40m of capital to invest in litigation.

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