Crowdfunding Litigation in Scotland

About the Seminar:

Crowdfunding is the process of appealing to the public to fund a particular project, campaign, or product through the use of websites such as JustGiving, GoFundMe or CrowdJustice. While crowdfunding is mainly centred in the consumer and charity spheres, since 2014 there have been a number of high profile - and high value - examples of litigation supported by crowdfunding, including civil cases, criminal cases, and petitions in judicial review. This session sets out the current evidence on the use and popularity of crowdfunding of litigation in Scotland in recent years, explores whether there are obvious trends in its use, and considers the ethical and professional issues which might arise for lawyers working on crowdfunded cases. 

About the Speaker:

Dr Andrew Tickell is a senior lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian University.  His research and teaching interests include public law and devolution, criminal law, evidence and media law. He is particularly interested in law reform and the intersection between law and politics, and has given evidence in the Scottish Parliament on several occasions. He published the findings of a scoping study of legal crowdfunding in Scotland in the January 2022 edition of the Edinburgh Law Review.