26. New Entrant – Phil Newland
LPF Litigation funder co-founder and director Phil Newland had a stellar year with success with his business and creating some major ripples in the New Zealand legal scene with his well publicised complaint regarding Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias.
The impending changes to the High Court rules relating to litigation funding and the growth in funding arrangements with some of New Zealand’s most significant recent litigation has seen LPF become a powerful figure New Zealand’s legal landscape.