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Litigation funding fight heats up

BY ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020 12:34PM

The Senate Parliamentary Joint Committee, Corporations and Financial Services looking into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry sparked a heated debate today.

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