| Interestingly, the prohibition against maintenance, including champerty, was a result of Twelfth Century tort reform. |
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| On the face of it, the practice of contingency fees could very well be tortious, contrary to the torts of champerty and maintenance. |
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| That is why I referred to barratry and the old common law rules about maintenance and champerty. |
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| The rules have been around since the mediaeval laws about champerty and barratry. |
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| His actions have a whiff of the old offence of maintenance and champerty, meddling in another's law suit for his own advantage. |
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| First, that ought to weigh with the court in considering, in connection with the law of champerty, whether the agreement into which he entered was justifiable. |
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| When I first studied law, supporting someone else's legal claim in exchange for a share of the potential damages was a crime called champerty. |
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| It is associated with the torts of champerty and maintenance. |
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| It is said to be Victoria where the agreement is made, a State in which maintenance and champerty is no longer unlawful, perhaps not even tortious. |
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| It is a defence to the tort of maintenance or champerty that the person interfering in the litigation has an interest recognised by law in the proceedings. |
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| Others, such as New Jersey, have enacted statutes clarifying that they do not follow the champerty doctrine. |
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| Bentham advocated for women's rights, and for the abolition of slavery and the antiquated doctrines of champerty and maintenance. |
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| The prohibition on allowing lawyers to advance living expenses, coupled with an erosion of the prohibition on investing in others' lawsuits, or champerty, has helped create the industry. |
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| In the United States, as in countries with common-law legal systems, the doctrines of maintenance and champerty have long prohibited outside financing of litigation. |
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| In general, scholars of England such as William Blackstone took a hostile view to litigation, and rules against champerty and maintenance and vexatious litigation existed. |
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| Under common law dating back centuries to England, it was viewed as contrary to public policy under legal doctrines known as champerty and maintenance. |
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| Meanwhile, trainer Arthur Moore has a great record at Downpatrick, winning the Ulster National with Champerty in 1980, and Green Black is likely to carry Moore's hopes. |
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