Sentences with phrase «into champerty»

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[18] To the extent the doctrine of champerty and maintenance remains relevant in Canadian common law, even as means of protecting the courts and vulnerable litigants against abuses, its purpose is not and was never intended to be achieved by conferring on the courts the discretion to inquire into and approve or disapprove of a plaintiff's funding arrangements as a condition precedent to instituting or pursuing litigation.

The Plaintiff sought to have recognised and enforce a New York arbitration award and related judgments, and pre-emptorily sought approval of the funding agreement it had entered into, to determine whether it would contravene champerty and be unenforceable.