A dispute between Sysco Corp and the world's largest litigation funder is broadening, as Burford Capital Limited seeks a court order to bar the food distribution giant from settling price-fixing ...

Your editorial “The Litigation Finance Snare” (March 21) correctly recognizes that the industry is now big business and that Burford Capital, the largest provider, is involved in litigation ...

Burford still investigates each individual case, meaning it has had to increase hiring of experienced litigators to try and identify cases that stand a good chance of winning. The company now has ...

Burford Capital, the litigation funder whose shares lost almost half their value last week, has said trading in its shares "shows evidence consistent with illegal market manipulation". The UK firm ...