Litigation funding is where a third party agrees to pay for all or some of the costs of a set of proceedings in return for a fee payable from the proceeds if the case succeeds. What this means in practice is that unless your claim is successful, you do not have to pay anything for your legal costs.

At the moment we offer litigation funding for employment-related disputes before the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (FIFA DRC), or appeals of employment-related disputes from the FIFA DRC to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Generally, it must also be the case that you are likely to receive an award of damages, however if you are a Defendant to a claim please get in touch and we can discuss your options.

Litigation funding will cover all legal costs and disbursements associated with bringing your claim. That means that all of MSL’s legal costs, fees for external counsel, arbitration costs, and any other disbursements connected with your claim, are covered.

Litigation funding can be complex, however we have worked with Harbour to make the process straightforward and accessible for our clients.

If you choose to use the facility, you will enter into a conditional fee agreement with us where we will work for a discounted fee unless your claim succeeds. You will also enter into a funding agreement with Harbour that has been simplified so it is easy for an individual who is not legally trained to comprehend. Under the funding agreement, Harbour will pay our discounted fees.

If your claim is successful, you will pay Harbour a percentage of your award and MSL will receive an uplift. If your claim is unsuccessful, you do not need to pay any money to either Harbour or MSL – we will absorb that loss.

It entirely depends on what we think the costs of running your claim through to a final decision would be, and how much your claim is worth. As a rule, the more your claim is worth, the lower the percentage will be. We will always advise you in clear terms before you enter into any agreement how much would be payable to Harbour and MSL if your claim succeeds.

Although Harbour has to charge percentage of any award sufficient to cover the costs of the funding, we have worked closely with them to come up with a product that means that litigation funding is available at a lower rate than you would normally be able to obtain it.

Yes, both MSL and Harbour must be satisfied that your claim is suitable for funding in the sense that we believe it has good prospects of achieving a significant award of compensation.

No. If you would prefer to instruct us on a different fee arrangement, we would be happy to discuss that with you. Feel free to contact us directly via enquiries@morgansl.com.