First Stage Lapsed 26th Seanad 52/2024
Third-Party Funding Contracts (Certain Proceedings) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Mary Seery Kearney
- Introduced
- 27 Jun 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Jan 2025
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Removes criminal and civil penalties for maintenance and champerty (financial backing of legal cases) in specified proceedings.
- Allows third parties to fund certain legal cases without committing an offence or tort under existing law.
- Bill lapsed at First Stage; specific proceedings covered and related provisions not detailed in available information.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 26th Seanad27 Jun 2024